• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Phytochemical and Pharmacognostic Investigation of Bauhinia forficata Link (Leguminosae)
  • Contributor: Silva, Karina L. da; Biavatti, Maique Weber; Leite, Silvana Nair; Yunes, Rosendo A.; Monache, Franco Delle; Filho, Valdir Cechinel
  • Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2000
  • Published in: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, 55 (2000) 5-6, Seite 478-480
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/znc-2000-5-627
  • ISSN: 1865-7125; 0939-5075
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  • Description: We have isolated two phytoconstituents present in the B. forficata leaves, a medicinal plant employed in folk medicine specially for the treatment of diabetes. These compounds were isolated by column chromatography and identified as β-sitosterol and kaempferol-3,7-dirhamnoside (kaempferitrin) by spectroscopical data and comparison with authentic samples. A comparative study with different parts of the plant indicated that the latter is present only in the leaves, suggesting that it might be useful for a suitable quality control of phytotherapeutics which contain this organ of B. forficata in its composition.
  • Access State: Open Access