Phytochemical Analysis of Danae Racemosa L. Moench Leaves

Background: danae racemosa (l.) moench (ruscus racemosa l.,asparagaceae) is an erect, muchbranched evergreen shrub, native in themountains from syria to iran, commonly used for its decorative green foliagein fresh flower arrangements. despite its importance, far too little attentionhas been paid to gather detailed documentations of chemical constituentpresent in extract of d. racemosa. methods: in this study, leaves of d.racemosa were collected from north of iran, next, extracted via macerationfollowed by partitioning through solvents of different polarity. thequalitative–quantitative chemical composition of the extract was determinedusing high-performance liquid chromatography. results: two majorflavonoids, quercetin and kaempferol, were separated whilst their identitieswere confirmed by uv-visible, shift reagents and 1h-nmr spectroscopy.