1. Nonalkaloid Constituents fromStemona japonica
- Author
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Ligen Lin, Xinzhou Yang, Chunping Tang, Yang Ye, and Yong‐Qiang Liu
- Subjects
Inorganic Chemistry ,Chemistry ,Stereochemistry ,Stemona japonica ,Organic Chemistry ,Drug Discovery ,Organic chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Macrocyclic lactone ,Biochemistry ,Benzoquinone ,Catalysis - Abstract
Five new nonalkaloid constituents, a neolignan, japonin A (1), a macrocyclic lactone, japonin B (2), a (phenylethyl)benzoquinone, japonin C (3), a phenanthraquinone, japonin D (4), as well as a dihydrostilbene, stilbostemin M (5), were isolated from the roots of Stemona japonica, together with eight known compounds. Their structures were established by spectroscopic analyses.
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- 2007