Chemical Investigation of Caragana arborescens Shoots

Abstract

Phytochemical study of flowering shoots of Caragana arborescens Lam. (Fabaceae family) collected in Buryatia Republic (Russian Federation) resulted in the isolation of twenty compounds identified as quercetin, isoquercitrin and rutin, previously identified in this species, and β-sitosterol, β-sitosterol-3- O-glucoside, umbelliferone, kaempferol, formononetin, isorhamnetin-3- O-glucoside, nicotiflorin, narcissin, myricetin-3- O-rutinoside, ononin, formononetin-7- O-rutinoside, caffeic, 3- O-caffeoylquinic, 5- O-caffeoylquinic, 3,5-di- O-caffeoylquinic acids and sucrose, isolated for the first time from C. arborescens.