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Biologically Active Compounds from Lemna Minor S. F. Gray

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The chemical composition of biologically active compounds of the common duckweed (Lemna minor) was studied. A titrimetric method was used to assay the total iodine content, a spectrophotometric method was used for flavonoids, expressed as luteolin-7-glucoside; gas chromatography/mass spectrometry was used to identify 32 lipophilic substances of various chemical groups. Atomic emission spectrographic studies identified 14 macro and trace elements in the common duckweed. Studies of biologically active substances in the common duckweed are of interest for further investigation of its pharmacological properties with the aim of seeking new medicinal agents.

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  1. National Pharmaceutical University, Kharkov, Ukraine

    I. N. Vladimirova & V. A. Georgiyants

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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 47, No. 11, pp. 29 – 21, November, 2013.

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Vladimirova, I.N., Georgiyants, V.A. Biologically Active Compounds from Lemna Minor S. F. Gray. Pharm Chem J 47, 599–601 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-014-1016-8

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