Claim · model-written summary
Three chalcones (flavokawain B, pinostrobin chalcone and pashanone) were identified from Persicaria lapathifolia seeds.
- Taxon
- Persicaria lapathifolia
Persicaria lapathifoliae1 - Organ / stage
- seedse1
- Compound
- flavokawain Be2
- Outcome
- three chalconese2
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Verbatim
e1“Bioassay-guided sequential extraction of the seeds of Persicaria lapathifolia”
e2“resulted in the identification of three chalcones; flavokawain B (1), pinostrobin chalcone (2) and pashanone (3)”
Title
Antimicrobial Chalcones from the Seeds of Persicaria lapathifolia
Ashenafi Hailemariam; Melkamu Feyera; Tsegaye Deyou; et al. Biochemistry & Pharmacology Open Access 2018. doi:10.4172/2167-0501.1000237
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation The chloroform extract and the isolated compounds of Persicaria lapathifolia seeds showed significant antibacterial activity.
- Observation Pinostrobin chalcone (compound 2) showed the highest activity against Staphylococccus aureus among the tested compounds.
- Intervention effect Antifungal activity of compound 2 against Trichoderma spp (22 mm) was greater than that of clotrimazole (20 mm).