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A new xanthone from the roots of Securidaca inappendiculata

Wen-Yi Kang, Zhi-Qiang Ji, and Jin-Mei Wang

Institute of Natural Products, Henan University, 475004 Kaifeng, China

E-mail: Kangweny@hotmail.com

Received: 14 February 2008  Revised: 6 June 2008  Accepted: 12 June 2008

Abstract: A new xanthone, 3-hydroxy-1,2,5,8-tetramethoxyxanthone, along with three known ones, 1,3,8-trihydroxy-2-methoxyxanthone, 1,3,8-trihydroxy-4-methoxyxanthone and 1,3,6-trihydroxy-2,7-dimethoxyxanthone, was isolated and identified from the roots of Securidaca inappendiculata.

Keywords: xanthone - roots -  Securidaca inappendiculata

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-008-0087-y

Chemical Papers 63 (1) 102–104 (2009)