ANTHRAQUINONES IN CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES OF MORINDA CITRIFOLIA

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)98557-1

From cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia five known anthraquinones, rubiadin, lucidin, morindone, lucidin-3-β-primeveroside and morindone-6-β-primeveroside, and seven new anthraquinones were isolated.Six of the seven new quinones were characterized as 2-methyl-3,5,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone, 3-hydroxymorindone, 5,6-dihydroxylucidin, 2-methyl-3,5,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone-6-β-primeveroside, 3-hydroxymorindone-6-β-primeveroside and 5,6-dihydroxylucidin-3-β-primeveroside, respectively. - Keywords: Morinda citrifolia; Rubiaceae; cell suspension culture; anthraquinones; anthraquinone primeverosides; droplet counter-current chromatography; 1H NMR.