Flavones from the stem of Andrographis paniculata Nees.

Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Jan;5(1):59-60.

Radhika P, Prasad YR, Lakshmi KR.

Department of Biochemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India. parvataneni_radhika@yahoo.com

Chemical investigation of Andrographis paniculata Nees (Acanthaceae) resulted in the isolation of three flavones identified as 5-hydroxy-7,8,2'-trimethoxyflavone 1, 5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone 2 and 5-hydroxy-7,8,2',5'-tetramethoxyflavone 3 from the hexane, methanol and chloroform extracts of the root and stem.

PMID: 20184022 [PubMed - in process]