Plant Diversity ›› 1983, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (02): 1-3.

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MELASMOSIDE --A NOVEL MON0TERPENOID GLUC0SIDE FR0M MELASMA ARVENSE

Yang Renzhou and Zhou Jun,Zheng Qitai and Jon Clardy   

  1. Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica;Department of Chemistry, Cornell University. Ithaca
  • Online:1983-04-25 Published:1983-04-25

Abstract: Melasma arvense (Benth.) H.-M. (Scrophulariaceae) is a folk medicine in Yunnan. From the aqueous soluble fraction of its roots, melasmoside, a new monoterpenoid glucoside, has been obtained by chromatography on active charcoal. The structure of melasmoside was suggested as (1 ) by chemical reactions, spectroscopic analysis and X-ray analysis.

Key words: melasmoside, novel, arvense