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Rhinacanthin-Q, a naphthoquinone from Rhinacanthus nasutus and its biological activity
1Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.China.
Phytochemistry
|January 12, 1999
Abstract:
The continuing investigation of the root of Rhinacanthus nasutus afforded a 1,4-naphthoquinone ester, rhinacanthin-Q, accompanied by twenty-four known compounds. The structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. The cytotoxicity and antiplatelet effect of this compound was also discussed.