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Flavonoids from Tephrosia calophylla.

Natural Products Division, Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, India.
Natural product communications (impact factor: 1.24). 02/2009; 4(1):59-62. pp.59-62
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ABSTRACT Two new flavanones, (2S)-5-hydroxy-7,4'-di-O-(gamma,gamma-dimethylallyl)flavanone (1) and 6-hydroxy-E-3-(2,5-dimethoxybenzylidine)-2',5'-dimethoxyflavanone (2), together with three known compounds, tephrowatsin C, afrormosin and kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside were isolated from the roots of Tephrosia calophylla. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by extensive 2D NMR spectral studies.

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Keywords

extensive 2D NMR spectral studies
 
kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
 
tephrowatsin C
 

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