Bioassay Guided Phytochemical Investigation on Roots of Taverniera Abyssinica (Dingetegna)
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2010-07
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Addis Ababa Universty
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The chemical constituents in EtOAc extract of the Ethiopian traditional medicinal plant
‘Dingetegna”, Taverniera abyssinica, were reinvestigated and the claimed antispasmodic activity
of them were examined. The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by various
chromatographic methods and their structures were elucidated mainly by NMR. The two
compounds isolated were identified as 3-hydroxy-9-methoxypterocarpan, a known compound
called medicarpin and 3,4-dihydroxypterocarpan (4-hydroxymedicarpin). Both compounds
antagonized the histamine induced contraction of guinea pig ileum. Medicarpin was more active
than its natural derivative 4-hydroxymedicarpin.
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Taverniera Abyssinica (Dingetegna)