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Flavonoids as Chemotaxonomic Markers for Erythroxylum ulei

  • Emanuel L. Johnson EMAIL logo and Walter F. Schmidt

Abstract

Leaf extracts of Erythroxylum ulei O. E. Schulz, produced six O-conjugated flavonoids. Three of the flavonoid aglycones were isoflavones, two were isoflavanones and the remainder a flavonol (quercetin). The major glycosides of these flavonols included mono-and dirham-nosides, mono-glucosides and galactosides with either 3̕ 4̕, or 7 linkage or a combination thereof. The two isoflavanones, in addition to being glycosylated, possessed a methyl group at position 2 of the C-ring. These flavonoids may be used as chemotaxonomic markers for the taxon.

Received: 1999-4-12
Revised: 1999-5-18
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1999-11-1

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