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Main Phenolic Compound of Petals of Echium Amoenum Fisch. and C.A. Mey., a Famous Medicinal Plant of Iran



Mehrabani M1 ; Ghassemi N2 ; Sajjadi E2 ; Ghannadi A2 ; Shamsardakani M3
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  1. 1. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Daru Published:2005

Abstract

Echium amoenum Fisch, and C.A. Mey. (Boraginaceae) is an indigenous Iranian plant, that its dry violet-blue petals (Gol-e-Gavzaban) have long been used in traditional medicine of Iran. In this study concentrated metanolic extract of the grounded dried petals of E. amoenum was fractionated by column chromatography and the fractions were purified by preparative HPLC. The structure of main pure component which was characterized by UV, IR, one and two dimensional 1H and 13C-NMR and Mass spectroscopy was found to be rosmarinic acid which is widespread in the plants of the Lamiaceae and Boraginaceae families in insignificant quantities and has antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory effects.
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