a National Research Centre, El-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
b Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract:
The chemistry of members of the family Tribulaceae has been studied. Thirty-two flavonoid glycosides were detected in the 22 taxa examinied and found to be based on the aglycones kaempferol, quercetin, isorhamnetin and tricin. The compounds ranged from mono- to tetraglycosides as well as acylated glycosides. The four genera Tribulus, Tribulopis, Kelleronia and Kallstroemia belonging to the subfamily Tribuloideae were studied together with Sisyndite belonging to the subfamily Neoluederitziodeae. The chemosystematics of the Tribulaceae are discussed in relation to the Zygophyllaceae.