Matsumura Tetsuko, Ishikawa Toru, Kitajima Junichi
Showa Pharmaceutical University, Higashi-Tamagawagakuen 3, Machida, Tokyo, 194-8543, Japan.
Phytochemistry. 2002 Oct;61(4):455-9. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(02)00288-1.
From the water-soluble portion of the methanolic extract of caraway (fruit of Carum carvi L.), an aromatic compound, an aromatic compound glucoside and a glucide were isolated together with 16 known compounds. Their structures were clarified as 2-methoxy-2-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)ethanol, junipediol A 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside and L-fucitol, respectively.
