Seven free-radical-scavenging phenolic compounds including five flavonoids, rutin (
1), chrysoeriol 7-
O-rutinoside (
2), kaempferol 3-
O-glucoside (
3), chrysoeriol 7-
O-glucoside (
4) and naringenin (
5), and two phenylethanoid glycosides, forsythoside B (
6) and acteoside (
7) were isolated from the methanol extract of the aerial parts of the Iranian medicinal plant
Phlomis caucasica by reversed-phase preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the structures of these compounds were elucidated
by spectroscopic means. The free-radical-scavenging properties of
1–
7 were assessed by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) assay. Among these compounds, forsythoside B (
6) and acteoside (
7) were found to be the most potent antioxidants with the RC
50 values of 4.97 and 4.27 μg/ml, respectively.
Keywords
Phlomis
caucasic
- Lamiaceae - Phenylethanoid - Flavonoid - Antioxidant