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Iridoid glucosides from Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers growing on the Island of Sardinia

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The ethanolic extract of Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers was investigated from a phytochemical point of view and in particular on the monoterpenoid glucosides content. Iridoid glucosides have a taxonomic relevance, e.g., asperuloside and its derivative are characteristic of the Rubioideae subfamily where this species is comprised. In the light of earliest phylogenetic molecular study which proposed to merge P. lanceolata in the Spermacoceae tribe, a phytochemical approach also becomes necessary for a correct classification of this species. A total of 12 compounds were identified in detail, ten of these are iridoid glucosides: asperuloside, asperulosidic acid, tudoside, E-uenfoside and Z-uenfoside previously identified in this genus; whereas, deacetyl-asperulosidic acid, ixoside, griselinoside, 6β,7β-epoxysplendoside were recognized here for the first time from P. lanceolata. Among the non-iridoidic compounds ursolic acid and d-xylose were identified.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Venditti, Laura Guarcini & Armandodoriano Bianco

  2. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Venditti

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche, Consorzio Interuniversitario CoSMeSe, Università di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

    Mauro Ballero

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Venditti, A., Guarcini, L., Ballero, M. et al. Iridoid glucosides from Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers growing on the Island of Sardinia. Plant Syst Evol 301, 685–690 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-014-1106-9

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