VISCUM COLORATUM (SANTALACEAE) - COMPONENT COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
N.V. Petrova, A.L. Budantsev
Komarov Botanical Institute Russian, RAS, St-Petersburg, Russia
Keywords: Viscum coloratum, diarylheptanoids, lectins, viscotoxins, defensins, flavonoids, lignans, biological activity
Abstract
A review of Viscum coloratum (Kom.) Nakai (Santalaceae) about its chemical composition, biological characteristics and pharmacology has been made. It was shown, that along the rich set of secondary metabolites among phenolic and others compounds, V. coloratum accumulates N-containing - lectins, viscotoxins, defensins and ect., and accumulates particular diarylheptanoids, lignans, chromones, which were not characteristic for other plants. Structural formulas of the majority of components are given in this paper. Collected information about biological activity of the extracts and individual components, confirmed expediency of using V. coloratum, in standart practice medicine.
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