Two lignans and an aryl alkanone from Myristica dactyloides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(96)00113-6

Chemical investigation of the hot hexane extract of the stem bark of Myristica dactyloides has resulted in the isolation of two new lignans, rel- (8S,8'R)-dimethyl-(7S,7'R)-bis(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuran and rel-(8R,8'R)-dimethyl-(7S,7'R)-bis(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuran, a new diaryl alkanone, 1-(2,6-dihydroxyphenyl)-9-(4-hydroxy-3- methoxyphenyl)nonan-1-one, sitosterol and six other previously reported aryl alkanones. The structures of the new compounds were deduced from their spectral data and chemical transformations.