High impact information on Eupatorium

• Males of the moth Cosmosoma myrodora (Arctiidae) acquire pyrrolizidine alkaloid by feeding on the excrescent fluids of certain plants (for instance, Eupatorium capillifolium) [1].
• The sesquiterpene lactone eupatoriopicrin (EUP) from Eupatorium cannabinum L. has been shown to be cytotoxic in a glutathione (GSH)-dependent way [2].
• Hispidulin (6-methoxy-5,7,4'-trihydroxyflavone) and eupafolin (6-methoxy-5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxyflavone), are flavonoids found in the leaves of Eupatorium litoralle [3].
• Ammonium positive-ion and hydroxide negative-ion chemical ionization gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the identification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Eupatorium rotundifolium L. var. ovatum [4].
• An aqueous ethanol extract of Eupatorium altissimum L [5].

Associations of Eupatorium with chemical compounds

• Eupatoriopicrin (EUP), a sesquiterpene lactone from Eupatorium cannabinum L., possesses cytostatic activity [6].
• Flavonoid constituents from Eupatorium altissimum L. (Compositae) [5].
• From Eupatorium cannabinum L., a hitherto unknown alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone, 3 beta-peroxyeucannabinolide, was isolated [7].
• Among plant toxicants excreted in milk is tremetol or tremetone, the toxin in white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and rayless goldenrod (Haplopappus heterophyllus) [8].
• The new diterpene glucoside 3,15-dihydroxy-ent-labd-7-en-17-oic acid 3-O-beta-D-glucoside (1) and its aglycone (2) have been isolated from Eupatorium glutinosum [9].

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