PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON ASTER SQUAMATUS L. PART II: Sesquiterpene Lactones, Triterpenes and Sterols Present in the Flowers

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

Two sesquiterpene lactones santamarin and reynosin were isolated from the flowers of A. squamatus L. In addition a-and β-amyrin, ursolic acid, a mixture of stigmasterol, campesterol and b-sitosterol and an unidentified sesquiterpene lactone were isolated in pure form.