“…Previous phytochemical studies on the buds [ 8 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ] and the bark [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ] of P. occidentalis and P. orientalis led to the isolation and characterization of a large number of secondary metabolites, including flavonoids, glycosides, furan coumarins, terpenoids, sterols and organic acids. However, as a hybrid of these two medicinally used plants [ 4 , 11 ], P .× acerifolia is still lacking phytochemical and biological investigations to a large extent.…”