Aromatic Acid and Flavonoids from the Leaves of Zanthoxylum piperitum

  • Hur, Jong-Moon (Department of Oriental Medicine Resources, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Cheol (Department of Oriental Medicine Resources, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Hwang, Young-Hee (Department of Forestry, Chonbuk National University)
  • Published : 2001.03.01

Abstract

Five flavonoids and one aromatic acid were isolated from the leaves of Zanthoxylum piperitum. The structures of compounds were elucidated as quercetin, afzelin, quercitrin, hyperoside, hesperidin and protocatechuic acid on the basis of spectral evidence.

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