Studies on Isoflavones From Chinese Peashrub(Caragana sinica)
- VernacularTitle:金雀根中的异黄酮类成分
- Author:
Liping ZHANG
;
Meihua JU
;
Changqi HU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
1994;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The root of Caragana sinica (Buc' hoz)Rehd' is a Chinese folk medicine which is said to be useful for thetreatment of asthenia syndrome,vascular hypertension, leukorrhagia, arthrodynia, and as antiinflammatory agent. In the course of our search for inhibitors of protein kinase C from Chinese herbs,chemical constituentsof the root of C. sinica was examined. Frorn ethanol extract of this crude drug,five isof1avones were isolatedand identified as flemichapparnin B, formononetin, pseudobaptigenin, 5-hydroxy-7, 4'-dimethoxy isoflavone,and 5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-3', 4' -methylenedioxy isoflavone.
