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Chemical constituents of Taraxacum formosanum
Yann-Lii Leu1, Li-Shian Shi, Amooru Gangaiah Damu
1Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. ylleu@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
|May 9, 2003
Abstract:
Three new compounds, taraxacine-A (1), taraxacine-B (2) and taraxafolin (3) together with twenty-five known compounds, which include two beta-carboline alkaloids, two indole alkaloids, two chlorophylls, two flavonoids, one coumarin, two triterpenoids, one monoterpenoid, one ionone, four steroids and eight benzenoids, were isolated and characterized from the fresh aerial parts of Taraxacum formosanum. Structures of new compounds were determined by spectral analysis.