Constituents of Echinops Echinatus

K. N. Singh¹ and V. B. Pandey²

¹Department of Chemistry, S.G.R. (P.G.) College Dobhi, Jaunpur-222 149 India. 2^Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sinces, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221 005 India.

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ABSTRACT:

The plant Echinops echinatus Roxb (compositae) is distributed through out India and various medicinal properties are attributed to it in Indian system of medicine1,2. A systematic chemical investigation of this plant yielded two triterpenes, flavone, flavone glucoside and two novel acyl flavone glycosides3 in addition to β-sitosterol, its glucoside and the previously reported* alkane, alkanol, lupeol and β-amyrin. The occurrence of above two triterpenes, flavone and flavone glucoside is being reported here for the first time.

KEYWORDS:

Constituents; Echinops; Echinatus