Authors: Guoyong Xie Xiaoying Qin Yuejie Chen Rui Wen Sasa Wu Minjian Qin
Publish Date: 2017/02/14
Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 196-198
Abstract
The genus Iris Iridaceae comprises over 300 species which is distributed mainly in the northern hemisphere Iris germanica L a perennial herb is cultivated as an ornamental and aromatic plant in many areas of the world The rhizomes of I germanica are traditionally used in Pakistan for dropsy and gall bladder diseases and as a diuretic antispasmodic stimulant and aperient 1 Previous phytochemical investigations of the Iris plants have revealed a variety of compounds including flavones isoflavones and their glycosides benzoquinones triterpenoids and stilbene glycosides 2 3 4 5 6 In this study nine alkaloid compounds were reported from the plantThe rhizomes of Iris germanica L were purchased from Qianxiang Town Dongyang City Zhejiang Province of China in August 2010 The plant was identied by Prof Minjian Qin and a voucher specimen No Xie 2010001 was deposited in the Herbarium of Medicinal Plants of China Pharmaceutical UniversityThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No 81373918 National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for “Significant New Drugs Development” during the Twelfth Fiveyear Plan Period Grant No 2012ZX09304006 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ZJ15028
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