Secondary metabolites from Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch leaves

Subject Areas : Phytochemistry: Isolation, Purification, Characterization

Claudio Frezza ¹ , Daniela De Vita ² , Laura Fonti ³ , Ottavia Giampaoli ⁴ , Ilaria Serafini ⁵ , Fabio Sciubba ⁶ , Claudio Scintu ⁷ , Fabio Attorre ⁸

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Received: 2024-07-04 Accepted : 2024-09-19 Published : 2024-09-28

Keywords: Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch, Araucariaceae, Leaves, Secondary metabolites, First report in the species,

Abstract :

The first phytochemical analysis concerning the non-volatile secondary components of one European specimen of Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch led to the identification of five compounds: sandaracopimaric acid (1), ladanein (2), shikimic acid (3), 4-O-coumaroyl-quinic acid (4) and 5-O-coumaroyl-quinic acid (5). Compounds 2, 3 were reported for the first time in the species during this study.

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