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Constituents of the Halophyte Salicornia herbacea

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Four compounds were isolated fromSalicornia herbacea by repeated column chromatography. Their structures were identified as β-sitosterol (1), stigmasterol (2), uracil (3), and isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (4) by spectral analysis and comparison with the published data.

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Lee, Y.S., Lee, H.S., Shin, K.H. et al. Constituents of the Halophyte Salicornia herbacea. Arch Pharm Res 27, 1034–1036 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02975427

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