Quercetine, a Major Flavonol Aglycon from Tanacetum balsamita L.

authors:

avatar Bahman Nickavar 1 , * , avatar Gholamreza Amin 2 , avatar Nacim Mehregan 2

Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

how to cite: Nickavar B, Amin G, Mehregan N. Quercetine, a Major Flavonol Aglycon from Tanacetum balsamita L.. Iran J Pharm Res. 2003;2(4):e127975. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.65.

Abstract

From the aerial parts of Tanacetum balsamita L. (Compositae) a flavonol aglycon was iso-
lated using chromatographic techniques. The structure of this compound was determined using
spectroscopic methods (UV, H-NMR and MS) as 3',4',5,7-Tetrahydroxy flavonol (Quercetin).