In collaboration with Scientific Association of Iranian Medicinal Plants

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 MSc. Student, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, The Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aerial parts of Haussknechtia elymaitica Boiss. (Umbelliferae) which is endemic to Iranwerecollected during the flowering stage from Ilam province. The chloroform extract of H. elymaitica was investigated and asaronic acid and two phenyl propanoids, trans- asarone and trans-methyl isoeugenol were isolated. The structure of these natural products was elucidated using 1H and 13C NMR data.

Keywords

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