Polyphenols in Stachys and Betonica Species (Lamiaceae)

Vassya Bankova3 *, Jordanka Koeva-Todorovskab, Tatyana Stam bolijskab, Maria-Desislava Ignatova-Grocevab, Daniela Todorova3 and Simeon Popov3 a Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria. Fax: 003592-700-225 . E-mail: [email protected] b Faculty of Biology. Sofia University, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria * Author for correspondence and reprint requests Z. Naturforsch. 54c, 876-880 (1999); received March 15/June 6, 1999 Lamiaceae, Stachys, Betonica, Phenylethanoids, Flavonoids, Chemotaxonomy Above-ground parts and roots from four Stachys species (S. germanica L., S. sylvatica L. and the Balkan endemics S. thracica Dav. and S. plumosa Griseb.) as well as o f three Betonica species (B. officinalis L. and the Balkan endemics B. bulgarica Deg. et Neic. and B. scardica Griseb.) were screened for phenols (phenylethanoid glycosides, flavonoid glycosides and the phenolic diterpene betolide). Three phenylethanoid glycosides, a flavonoid glycoside and the phenolic diterpene betolide were isolated and identified, most of them for the first time in the investigated species. The results obtained support the view that Stachys and Betonica are well separated genera.