Constituents of the roots of Rubia yunnanensis

Meei-Jen Liou; Pei-Lin Wu; Tian-Shung Wu

doi:10.1248/cpb.50.276

Constituents of the roots of Rubia yunnanensis

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2002 Feb;50(2):276-9. doi: 10.1248/cpb.50.276.

Authors

Meei-Jen Liou¹, Pei-Lin Wu, Tian-Shung Wu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.

PMID: 11848223
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.50.276

Abstract

Four new naphthohydroquinones, rubinaphthins A (1), B (2), C (3), and D (4), together with 11 known compounds were isolated and characterized from the roots of Rubia yunnanensis. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated by spectral analysis and chemical transformation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hydroquinones / chemistry
Hydroquinones / isolation & purification*
Rubiaceae / chemistry*

Substances

Hydroquinones