Two new flavonoid glycosides, 6,7-dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavone 7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside and (2S)-6,7-dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavanone 7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, together with two known compounds baicalein and baicalein 7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, were isolated from chitin-elicited cell suspension cultures of Cephalocereus senilis. All structures, which were established by spectroscopic methods as well as
... [Show full abstract] chemical modifications, share the same unusual substitution pattern of the aurone previously described from the same culture. Each has an unsubstituted B-ring and 5,6,7-oxygenation in the A-ring, thus suggesting that a novel cinnamate:CoA ligase may be functional under these circumstances.