Phenylanthraquinones and flavone-C-glucosides from the disjunct Bulbinella in New Zealand.

The genera Bulbine, Bulbinella and Kniphofia produce phenylanthraquinones and are mostly found in southern Africa, although a disjunct group of Bulbinella species endemic to New Zealand also contain phenylanthraquinones as reported herein. The sub-Antarctic megaherb B. rossii yielded sulphated phenylanthraquinones, including a phenylanthraquinone found to carry a sulphated glycoside substituent, 4'-O-demethylknipholone-4'-β-D-xylopyranosyl-3″-sulphate.

Cytotoxic Amides from Fruits of Kawakawa, Macropiper excelsum.

Cytotoxic amides have been isolated from the fruits of the endemic New Zealand medicinal plant kawakawa, Macropiper excelsum (Piperaceae). The main amide was piperchabamide A and this is the first report of this rare compound outside the genus Piper. Eleven other amides were purified including two new compounds with the unusual 3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-pyridinyl group.