Phenolic compounds from seeds of Zizyphus spina-christi

Year 2011, Volume: 70 Issue: 1, 39 - 43, 03.06.2011

Ataa Said , Antje Huefner El-sayed A. Abu Tabl Gehan Fawzy

Abstract

In this study, three phenolic compounds were isolated from the seeds of Zizyphus spina-christi for the first time. The compounds were identified by means of ¹H-NMR-, UV and GC-MS as p-hydroxybenzoic acid, kaempferol, quercetin-3-O-a-L-rhamnosyl-b-D-glucopyranoside (rutin).

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