Two sesquiterpene lactones from Abutilon indicum

Steroidal and phenolic compounds from Sidastrum paniculatum (L.) Fryxell and evaluation of cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities

“…Previous phytochemical studies on species from Malvaceae, specially of the genus Sida have reported the presence of steroids, [5][6][7][8] phenols, 6,7,9 flavonoids, [6][7][8]10,11 triterpenes, 5,9 essential oils, 12 alkaloids, 13 sesquiterpene lactone, 14 fatty acids, 15 and phaeophorbide. 6 Aiming at contributing to the chemotaxonomic study of the family Malvaceae, subfamily Malvoideae, and considering the absence of data in literature concerning the chemical constitution of the genus Sidastrum, the species Sidastrum paniculatum was submitted to a phytochemical study to isolate and identify its chemical constituents, through usual chromatographic and spectroscopic methods, besides comparison with literature data.…”

Antioxidant potential and radical scavenging effects of various extracts fromAbutilon indicumandAbutilon muticum

“…The chemical constituents and biological activities of this genus have been studied by many groups (Gaind & Chopra, 1976;Dennis & Kumar, 1987;Sharma & Ahmad, 1989;Singh et al, 1997;Matlawska & Sikorska, 2002). Several species of this genus have been used in folk medicine as an analgesic and for the treatment of digestive disorders, toothache, arthritis, and so forth (Bagi et al, 1985;Ahmad et al, 2000;Prochezian & Ansari, 2005).…”

Biological Activity of Extracts in Relationship to Structure of Pure Isolates ofAbutilon indicum

“…In another investigation (Sharma & Ahmad 1989;Dennis & Kumar, 1987) gallic acid, β-sitosterol, β-amyrin, eudesmol, eugenol, geraniol, and caryophylline were reported. Subramanian and Nair (l972) and Sharma and Ahmad (1989) reported separately the isolation of gossyptin-7-glucoside, cyanidin-3-rutinoside, and two sesquiterpene lactones named alantolactone and isoalantolactone, in addition to gossypetin-8-glucoside. In our investigations, the ethereal extract of the aerial parts of the plant showed the presence of a sterol (β-sitosterol), fatty acid esters of stearic and palmitic, and flavonoids (Yasmin et al, 2008).…”