Turkish Journal of Chemistry
DOI
10.3906/kim-0805-46
Abstract
Nine secondary metabolites-artemetin (1), casticin (2), 3-hydroxy-5,6,7,4'-tetramethoxy flavone U(3), penduletin (4), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (5), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (6), methyl isovanillate (7), vanillic acid (8), and 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (9)-were isolated from a folkloric medicinal plant, Vitex agnus-castus. The structures of compounds 1-9 were identified using spectroscopic techniques. Compound 7 was isolated for the first time from this plant. These compounds were screened for their antioxidant activity. Compounds 6 and 9 exhibited significant activity against the DPPH free radical.
Keywords
Vitex agnus-castus, Verbenaceae, antioxidant, DPPH radical scavenging activity, flavonoids.
First Page
119
Last Page
126
Recommended Citation
AZIZUDDIN, .; MAKHMOOR, TALAT; and CHOUDHARY, MUHAMMAD IQBAL
(2010)
"Radical scavenging potential of compounds isolated from Vitex agnus-castus,"
Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 34:
No.
1, Article 12.
https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-0805-46
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol34/iss1/12