“…From a chemotaxonomic point-of-view, these data are in agreement with previous reports describing similar metabolites in other Bartsia species (Bianco et al, 1976;Degot et al, 1979;Garmaev, 1976). As expected, B. alpina contains antioxidant principles; these compounds belong to known antioxidant chemical classes (Potterat, 1997).…”