Amides, triterpene and flavonoids from the leaves of Melastoma malabathricum L.

• Main Authors: M. Sirat, Hasnah, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Ahmad, Farediah, Takayama, Hiromitsu, Kitajima, Mariko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/1570/1/Journal_Natural_Medicine._%282010%29_64492%E2%80%93495.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/1570/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11418-010-0431-8

Successive extraction of the dried leaves of Melastoma malabathricum, followed by purification using repeated chromatographic techniques, yielded six compounds, including two amides, auranamide and patriscabratine, a triterpene, a-amyrin, and three flavonoids, quercitrin, quercetin and kaempferol...