A chemosystematic study of  Brot. (Asphodelaceae) in Egypt

El Shabrawy, Mona O.A.; Marzouk, Mona M.; Kawashty, Salwa A.; Hosni, Hassnaa A.; El Garf, Ibrahim A.; Saleh, Nabiel A.M.

doi:10.4103/epj.epj_7_18

A chemosystematic study of Brot. (Asphodelaceae) in Egypt

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Abstract

Background and objectives
In the Egyptian flora, the genus was formally placed in Liliaceae family and recently is ranked as a separate family; Asphodelaceae. Brot. is the one of the five spp. distributed wild in Egypt; it grows on rocky or sandy ground and in dry grasslands. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the chemical constituents of compared with those reported in the species of families Liliaceae s.l. and Asphodelaceae to evaluate their chemosystematic relationship.
Materials and methods
The chemical components of the defatted hydroalcoholic extract of . were analyzed using different chromatographic and spectral techniques.
Results and conclusion
A total of 13 flavonoid compounds were isolated from . They are identified as kaempferol (1), kaempferol 7--β-glucopyranoside (2), kaempferol 3--(6′-α-rhamnopyranosyl)-β-glucopyranoside-7--α-rhamnopyranoside (3), apigenin (4), apigenin 7--β-glucopyranoside (5), luteolin (6), luteolin 7--β-glucopyranoside (7), vitexin (8), isovitexin (9), apigenin 6, 8 di--β-glucopyranoside (10), saponarin (11), orientin (12), and isoorientin (13). Except for compounds 9 and 13, all compounds were isolated for the first time from .

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