Fraxin

• 8-( β -D - glucopyranosyloxy )-7- hydroxy-6- methoxycoumarin
• 8-( β -D - glucopyranosyloxy ) -7-hydroxy -6-methoxy -2H-1 -benzopyran- 2-one ( IUPAC)

Off-white solid

Fixed

205 ° C.

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Fraxin is a glucoside, which occurs naturally in the bark of various trees. In appreciable amounts, it could be, and detected in various types of ash (Fraxinus ) in the horse chestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum ). In addition, it should also have been together with the related compound aesculin in the kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia chinensis or ) found.

Fraxin one of the coumarin derivatives and shows typical representatives of this class, turquoise -green fluorescence under ultraviolet light.

Use

In traditional Asian medicine extracts are described from the ash bark and root as antipyretic, analgesic, and diuretic. In addition, they antireumathische properties are attributed. In Europe, Fraxinus americana is used in homeopathy to treat fever, hemorrhage, and in diseases of the uterus. Perhaps these effects can be attributed to the Fraxin.