The herb of Drosera peltata, commonly named the shield sundew, is used as an antitussive in phytotherapy, although the plants' composition has not been determined in detail so far. Hence, in this study, we present a validated, sensitive, reliable, and cheap narrow-bore LC-DAD method for the
The range of known constituents of Drosera species is extended by identification of myricetin 3-O-galactoside, from D. madagascariensis, and (+)-cis-isoshinanolone, obtained from a commercial fluid extract. They are accompanied by the naphthoquinones droserone and plumbagin, typical of this taxon,