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Planta Med 1987; 53(4): 343-345
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962734
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Preliminary Study of Phenolic Glycosides from Origanum majorana, Quantitative Estimation of Arbutin; Cytotoxic Activity of Hydroquinone

M. H. Assaf1 , 2 , A. A. Ali2 , M. A. Makboul2 , J. P. Beck3 , R. Anton1
  • 1Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Louis Pasteur, B.P. 10, F-67048 Strasbourg, France.
  • 2Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
  • 3Laboratoire de Physiologie Générale, Institut de Physiologie, Université Louis Pasteur, 21 Rue Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg, France.
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1986

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24 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Arbutin and methylarbutin as well as their aglycones, hydroquinone, and hydroquinone monomethyl ether, were isolated and identified in the aqueous alcoholic extract of Origanum majorana L. Arbutin was estimated quantitatively by chromatospectrophotometric and HPLC techniques. It was also found that hydroquinone shows a potent cytotoxicity on cultured rat hepatoma cells (HTC).