Luteolin and 6-Hydroxyluteolin: Taxonomically Important Flavones in the Genus Thymus
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Planta Medica
- Vol. 40 (S 1) , 52-55
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1075002
Abstract
The flavonoid aglycones survey of 13 taxa of thyme plants from the Iberian peninsula and the Balearic Islands reveals the importance of luteolin and 6-hydro-xyluteolin as taxonomic markers- in Thymus species from the western Mediterranean basin. Luteolin occurs as a constant in all the forms analysed. 6-Hydroxyluteolin, a flavone with a limited distribution among plants, not previously reported in the genus, is abundant in 11 species, while in two others it is present in traces.Keywords
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