Statin-like principles of bergamot fruit (Citrus bergamia): isolation of 3-hydroxymethylglutaryl flavonoid glycosides

  • J Nat Prod. 2009 Jul;72(7):1352-4. doi: 10.1021/np900096w.
Leonardo Di Donna  1 ,  Giuseppina De Luca ,  Fabio Mazzotti ,  Anna Napoli ,  Raffaele Salerno ,  Domenico Taverna ,  Giovanni Sindona
Affiliations
  • 1. Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita della Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy.
PMID: 19572741 DOI: 10.1021/np900096w
Abstract

The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl neohesperidosides of hesperetin (brutieridin, 1) and naringenin (melitidin, 2) were isolated and detected from the fruits of bergamot (Citrus bergamia). The structures of these compounds were determined by spectroscopic and chemical methods.

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