Taraxasteryl acetate

Phytochemistry Leaves contain alkaloids, glycosides, bitter substances, sesquiterpene lactones (arctiopicrin and onopor-dopicrin), vitamin C and K, resins, titratable acids, sugars, tannins, terpenoids (taraxasteryl acetate), etc. Seeds contain alkaloids, acetates of lupeol and amyrin, and drying fatty oil (Khalmatov et al. 1984 Ul chenko et al. 1993 Khalilova etal.2004). 

Khalilova AZ, Litvinov 1 A, Beskrovnyi DV, Gubaidullin AT, Shakurova ER, Nuriev IR, KhaUlov LM, Dzhemdev UM (2004) Isolation and crystal structure of taraxasteryl acetate from Onopordum acan-thium. Chem Nat Compd 40(3) 254-257 Khalmatov KhKh (1964) Dikorastushchiye Lekarstveimiye Rasteniya Uzbekistana (Wild-growing medicinal plants of Uzbekistan). Meditsina, Tashkent (in Russian)... 

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl. Lian Qiao (Forsythia) (leaf, fruit, root) Phillyrin, rutin, taraxasteryl palmitate and acetate, bigelovin, dihydrobigelovin.50-260 Febrifuge, for cancer, carbuncle, chickenpox, antiphlogistic, diuretic, emmenagogue, antiemetic, laxative, antipyretic. 

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