Open AccessFlavones and lignans from the stems of Wikstroemia scytophylla diels
Author(s) -
Jieping Lei,
Juanjuan Yuan,
Sheng-Hao Pi,
Rui Wang,
Rui Tan,
Chao Ma,
Tao Zhang,
Heng Jiang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/pm.pm_275_16
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , flavones , thymelaeaceae , pharmacognosy , cytotoxicity , chemistry , stereochemistry , medicine , botany , biology , biological activity , in vitro , chromatography , biochemistry
The genus Wikstroemia has about 70 species, but only a limited number of species have been studied chemically. Wikstroemia indica has long been used as a traditional crude drug in China. However, there is no report about the bioactivity of Wikstroemia scytophylla .