Twenty-three flavonoids have been identified in the aerial parts of barrel medic, and their structureswere established by spectrometric and spectroscopic (ESI-MS/MS and NMR) techniques. Eight ofthe identified compounds, including apigenin 7-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
3)-
O--
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranoside, apigenin 7-
O-[2'-
O-sinapoyl-
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranoside], apigenin 7-
O-{2-
O-feruloyl-[
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
3)]-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucopyranoside}, chrysoeriol 7-
O-[
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranoside, chrysoeriol 7-
O-{2'-
O-
p-coumaroyl-[
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
3)]-
O--
D-glucuronopyranosyl(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranoside}, tricin 7-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-4'-
O-glucopyranoside, tricin 7-
O-[2'-
O-feruloyl-
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucopyranoside],and tricin 7-
O-{2'-
O-
p-coumaroyl-[
-
D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1
3)]-
O--
D-glucuronopyranosyl(1
2)-
O-
-
D-glucuronopyranoside}, have not been reported before in the plant kingdom. Additionally, thepresence of two luteolin, three apigenin, one chrysoeriol, and six tricin glycosides, previously identifiedin alfalfa (
Medicago sativa), was confirmed in
M. truncatula. Moreover, besides the above flavones,the aerial parts of this species contained three flavonols including rutin, laricitrin 3,7,5'-triglucoside,and laricitrin 3,5'-diglucoside.