PRENYLATED BIANTHRONES AND VISMIONE FROM PSOROSPERMUM FEBRIFUGUM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84902-X

Psorospermum febrifugum; Guttiferae; geranyloxyemodin; 2-geranylemodin; vismiones D and F; bianthrones.The roots of Psorospermum febrifugum collected in Malawi contained together with the known vismione D and geranyloxyemodin four new compounds: vismione F and the three bianthrones A₁, A_3a and A_3b.All the isolated compounds contained C- or O-geranyl substituents and showed a close biogenetic relationship.