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Chemical constituents of Tephrosia purpurea
Ali K Khalafalah1, Afifi H Yousef, Abeer M Esmail
1Department of Chemistry, Aswan-Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Aswan, Egypt.
Pharmacognosy Research
|August 3, 2011
Abstract:
In continuation of our chemical investigation on some medicinal plants of the genus Tephrosia, reinvestigation of the methylenechloride/methanol (1:1) extract of the aerial parts of Tephrosia purpurea yielded an aromatic ester 1, a sesquiterpene 2 and prenylated flavonoid 3. The structures of the compounds were established by comprehensive NMR studies, including DEPT, COSY, NOE, HMQC, HMBC, EIMS and CIMS.
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