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. 2011 Nov 9;16(11):9397-403.
doi: 10.3390/molecules16119397.

Chemical constituents of the Mexican mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)

Bah Moustapha  1 , Gutiérrez-Avella Dora Marina, Fuentes-Ordaz Raúl, Castañeda-Moreno Raquel, Martínez Mahinda
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Chemical constituents of the Mexican mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)

Bah Moustapha et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

A phytochemical study of the methanol-soluble fraction of an aqueous extract of a sample of Psittacanthus calyculatus collected from the host plant Prosopsis laevigata (Smooth Mesquite) using several techniques, including co-chromatography coupled with UV detection, chromatographic purifications and IR, NMR and MS studies, resulted in the identification of gallic acid, two flavonol-3-biosides and the nonprotein amino acid N-methyl-trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline.

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Compounds identified in the MeOH-soluble fraction of the aqueous extract from a sample of P. calyculatus.
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