Chemical constituents of the Mexican mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)

Molecules. 2011 Nov 9;16(11):9397-403. doi: 10.3390/molecules16119397.

Abstract

A phytochemical study of the methanol-soluble fraction of an aqueous extract of a sample of Psittacanthus calyculatus collected from the host plant Prosopsis laevigata (Smooth Mesquite) using several techniques, including co-chromatography coupled with UV detection, chromatographic purifications and IR, NMR and MS studies, resulted in the identification of gallic acid, two flavonol-3-biosides and the nonprotein amino acid N-methyl-trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Flavonols / chemistry
  • Gallic Acid / analysis
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyproline / analysis
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Methanol / chemistry
  • Mexico
  • Mistletoe / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / analysis*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Flavonols
  • Plant Extracts
  • trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline
  • Water
  • Gallic Acid
  • Hydroxyproline
  • Methanol