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Isolation and identification of anthraquinones of Caloplaca cerina and Cassia tora

I. Manojlović, G. Bogdanović-Dusanović, W. Gritsanapan, and N. Manojlović

Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

E-mail: mtnedeljko@yahoo.com

Received: 3 April 2006  Revised: 20 June 2006  Accepted: 27 June 2006

Abstract: Five hydroxyanthraquinone derivatives physcion, emodin, fallacinal, teloschistin, and 1,3-dimethoxy-8-hydroxy-6-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone were isolated from the lichen Caloplaca cerina growing in Serbia. Three anthraquinone derivatives, namely physcion, emodin, and rhein were isolated and identified from the Thai medicinal plant Cassia tora.

Keywords: anthraquinones - Caloplaca cerina - Cassia tora - isolation - identification

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-006-0084-y

Chemical Papers 60 (6) 466–468 (2006)