Two new homoisoflavonoids from Caesalpinia pulcherrima.

Muchchintala Maheswara, Vidavalur Siddaiah, Chunduri Venkata Rao

Natural Products Division, Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502, India.

Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin 2006 Aug

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Two new homoisoflavonoids, (E)-7-methoxy-3-(4'-methoxybenzylidene)chroman-4-one (1) and (E)-7-hydroxy-3-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzylidene)chroman-4-one (5), along with three known homoisoflavonoids (Z)-7-hydroxy-3-(4'-methoxybenzylidene)chroman-4-one (isobon ducellin) (2), (E)-7-hydroxy-3-(4'-methoxybenzylidene)chroman-4-one (bonducellin) (3) and (E)-7-hydroxy-3-(2',4'-dimethoxybenzylidene)chroman-4-one (4) were isolated from the whole plant of Caesalpinia pulcherrima. The structures of these new compounds were elucidated by electron impact mass spectrometry (EI-MS) and 1D and 2D-NMR spectral studies. Antimicrobial activity of the new compounds was evaluated.

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Muchchintala Maheswara, Vidavalur Siddaiah, Chunduri Venkata Rao. Two new homoisoflavonoids from Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin. 2006 Aug;54(8):1193-5