Colutequinone and colutehydroquinone, antifungal isoflavonoids from Colutea arborescens

  • Phytochemistry. 1996 Sep;43(2):377-80. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)00260-9.
P W Grosvenor  1 ,  D O Gray
Affiliations
  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, U.K.
PMID: 8862031 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)00260-9
Abstract

Two new isoflavonoids have been isolated from the root bark of Colutea arborescens and identified as 7,3',4'-trimethoxyisoflavan-2',5'-quinone ((3R)-colutequinone) and the corresponding hydroquinone (2',5'-dihydroxy-7,3',4'-tri-methoxyisoflavan) ((3R)-colutehydroquinone).

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