Phenolic Compounds from Cyclopia intermedia (Honeybush Tea). 1

D Ferreira; B I Kamara; E V Brandt; E Joubert

doi:10.1021/jf980258x

Phenolic Compounds from Cyclopia intermedia (Honeybush Tea). 1

J Agric Food Chem. 1998 Sep;46(9):3406-10. doi: 10.1021/jf980258x.

Authors

D Ferreira¹, B I Kamara¹, E V Brandt¹, E Joubert¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300 South Africa, and Infruitec, Private Bag X5013, Stellenbosch, 7500 South Africa.

PMID: 27403732
DOI: 10.1021/jf980258x

Abstract

The processed leaves and stems of Cyclopia intermedia contain 4-hydroxycinnamic acid, the isoflavones formononetin, afrormosin, calycosin, pseudobaptigen, and fujikinetin, the flavanones naringenin, eriodictyol, hesperitin, and hesperidin, the coumestans medicagol, flemichapparin, and sophoracoumestan B, the xanthones mangiferin and isomangiferin, the flavone luteolin, and the inositol (+)-pinitol.

Keywords: Cyclopia intermedia; Fabaceae; honeybush tea; isoflavonoids; flavonoids; xanthones; coumestans; health beverage..