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Nurgul Sultanova1, Talat Makhmoor, Amsha Yasin
1HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Planta Medica
|February 7, 2004
Abstract:
A new pentacyclic triterpenoid, 3alpha-(3",4"-dihydroxy- trans-cinnamoyloxy)- D-friedoolean-14-en-28-oic acid ( 1) has been isolated along with two known compounds, rhamnocitrin ( 2) and isorhamnetin ( 3) from the aerial parts of Tamarix hispida Willd. Compound 1 was found to be a potent antioxidant. In addition, compounds 1 - 3 showed significant inhibitory activity against prolylendopeptidase (PEP).