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Biosynthesis of a Flavonol from a Flavanone by Establishing a One-pot Bienzymatic Cascade
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Flavonoids from leaves of Olea europaea L. cultivars
N de Laurentis1, L Stefanizzi, M A Milillo
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bari, Italy.
Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises
|January 1, 1999
Abstract:
We isolated and identified the following flavonoid compounds from the dried leaves of some blooming cultivars of Olea europaea L.: hesperidin, rutin, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, apigenin, apigenin-7-O-glucoside, quercetin, kaempferol. The structure of the isolated flavonoids was determined by UV, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HPLC.
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