The medicinal plant Swertia multicaulis D. Don was collected in Rasuwa District (Nepal) and the xanthone content of its ethyl acetate extracts was studied. The total amount of xanthones in S. multicaulis determined by HPLC reaches almost 13 g of xanthones per 1 kg of dry matter. The identification of xanthones in S. multicaulis was achieved by a combination of HPLC, LC⁻MS and LC⁻NMR. The final assignment of the individual chemical structures was provided by NMR, supported by preparative HPLC. In eight chromatographic peaks, four major xanthones were identified—1,3-dihydroxy-5,8-dimethoxyxanthone, 1-hydroxy-3,5,8-trimethoxyxanthone, bellidifolin (1,5,8-tri-hydroxy-3-methoxyxanthone), and decussatin (1-hydroxy-3,7,8-trimethoxyxanthone).
- MeSH
- chromatografie kapalinová MeSH
- fytonutrienty analýza chemie MeSH
- magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie MeSH
- molekulární struktura MeSH
- rostlinné extrakty analýza chemie MeSH
- sekundární metabolismus MeSH
- Swertia chemie metabolismus MeSH
- tandemová hmotnostní spektrometrie MeSH
- xantony analýza chemie MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH