Flavonoids from two Italian Genista species: Genista cilentina and Genista sulcitana

Noccioli C.;Luciardi L.;Barsellini S.;Favro C.;Bertoli A.;Bader A.;LOI, MARIA CECILIA;Pistelli L.

2012-01-01

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Abstract

Two Italian endemic species growing in Sicily and Sardinia, Genista cilentina Valsecchi and Genista sulcitana Valsecchi, respectively, were analyzed. Plants belonging to the genus Genista are known in the literature for the presence of flavonoids and quinolizidine alkaloids. All the purified known flavonoids (six isoflavones and three flavones, both in aglyconic and glycosidic forms), together with p-coumaric acid and D-pinitol, were identified by spectral analysis (1H and 13C NMR, ESI-MS) and by comparison with the literature data.