Flavonoids of Cinnamomum tamala

  • Singh, V.P. (Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University) ;
  • Pandey, Ravi (Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University) ;
  • Yadav, B. (Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University) ;
  • Pandey, V.B. (Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University)
  • Published : 2002.03.01

Abstract

The flavonoids kaempferol, quercetin, myrecetin, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside and quercetrin has been isolated from the leaves of C. tamala and their structures were established by spectral analysis and direct comparison with authentic samples. This is the first report of occurrence of these compounds from C. tamala.

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