Original Article Flavones and Flavone Glycosides

Salvia genus, which is generally called Maryam-Goli in the Persian language, belongs to /DPLDFHDHIDPLO\DQGFRPSULVHVVSHFLHVLQ,UDQ)RXUÀDYRQRLGVSOXVDVWHURLGFRPSRXQG were isolated from the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of the aerial parts of Salvia macrosiphon Boiss, using different chromatographic methods on the silica gel and sephadex /+20. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined to be apigenin-7, 4’-dimethyl ether (1), ȕ-sitosterol (2), salvigenin (3) apigenin-7-O-glucoside (4) and luteolin-7-O-glucoside (5) using the 1H, 13C-NMR and MS spectra in comparison with those reported in the literature