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G Delle Monache1, M C De Rosa, R Scurria
1Centro Chimica dei Recettori, Istituto di Chimica, Universitá Cattolica S. Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Phytochemistry
|July 25, 2009
Abstract:
From suspension cultures of Cassia didymobotrya 7-acetylchrysophanol, chrysophanol-physcion-l0,l0'-bianthrone, (E)- and (Z)-3'-hydroxy-3,4,5'-trimethoxystilbene, (E)-4,3'-dihydroxy-3,5'-dimethoxystilbene and 7,4'-dihydroxy-3,5,3'-trimethoxyflavone have been isolated along with several known metabolites.
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