Chemical Constituents of the Mexican Mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)

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Molecules 2011, 16(11), 9397-9403; doi:10.3390/molecules16119397

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Chemical Constituents of the Mexican Mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)

Bah Moustapha^1,* , Gutiérrez-Avella Dora Marina¹, Fuentes-Ordaz Raúl², Castañeda-Moreno Raquel¹ and Martínez Mahinda²

¹ Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Centro Universitario, Cerro de las Campanas, Querétaro 76010, Mexico ² Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro 76230, Mexico

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Received: 11 October 2011; in revised form: 4 November 2011 / Accepted: 7 November 2011 / Published: 9 November 2011

(This article belongs to the Section Natural Products)

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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.

Keywords: Psittacanthus calyculatus; isorhamnetin bioside; quercetin bioside; trans-4-hydroxy-N-methylproline; NMR

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Moustapha, B.; Marina, G.-A.; Raúl, F.-O.; Raquel, C.-M.; Mahinda, M. Chemical Constituents of the Mexican Mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus). Molecules 2011, 16, 9397-9403.

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Moustapha B, Marina G-A, Raúl F-O, Raquel C-M, Mahinda M. Chemical Constituents of the Mexican Mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus). Molecules. 2011; 16(11):9397-9403.

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Moustapha, Bah; Marina, Gutiérrez-Avella Dora; Raúl, Fuentes-Ordaz; Raquel, Castañeda-Moreno; Mahinda, Martínez. 2011. "Chemical Constituents of the Mexican Mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)." Molecules 16, no. 11: 9397-9403.

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