Chemical investigation of the aerial parts of anthemis melampodina del

ABSTRACT

The light petroleum extract of Anthemis melampodina Del. fam. Compositae afforded two sesquiterpene lactones [parthenolide and 8-deoxycumambrin B] and a mixture of B-sitosterol, stigmasterol and campesterol. The ether extract afforded four flavonol aglycones. They were identified as axillarin [3,6-dimethoxy-5,7,3'4'-tetrahydroxhflavone], rhamnetin, quercetin and patuletin [6-methoxy quercetin]