| Abstract: | The review contains the results of an analysis of the literautre on the study of plants of the genusGentiana, family Gentianaceae Juss. The biological properties of the iridoid compounds are described. Their physicochemical constants are also given: the name of the substance, the melting point, the angle of rotation, details of the UV, IR and PMR spectra, and literature relating to them. The distribution of iridoid compounds in plants over the sections of the genusGentiana is given in the form of tables, and the material is discussed correspondingly.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmacy, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 3–11, January–February, 1987. |
