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Methanol extract of Juncus diastrophanthus (Juncaceae) was found to show potent antioxidant activity. Subsequent activity-guided fractionation of methanol extract of J. diastrophanthus led to the isolation of seven flavonoid compounds, isorhamnetin-3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranoside, narcissin (1), quercetin-3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranoside, rutin (2), kaempferol-3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranoside (3), quercetin (4), quercetin-3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside, quercitrin (5), quercetin-3-O-β-d-xylopyranoside (6), and luteolin (7). These compounds were isolated for the first time from this plant. Compounds 4 and 7 showed significant antioxidative effects on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, and compound 5 showed significant riboflavin-originated superoxide and xanthine-originated superoxide quenching activities.
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Park, S., Yang, S., Ahn, D. et al. Antioxidative phenolic compounds from the whole plant of Juncus diastrophanthus . J Korean Soc Appl Biol Chem 54, 685–692 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03253146
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