A lignan from the root of Ecbolium linneanum Kurz.

Phytochemistry

Department of Chemistry, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli- 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published: December 2002

From the chloroform extract of the root of Ecbolium linneanum Kurz., a furofuran type of unsymmetrical lignan named as Ecbolin A was isolated. The structure was established by spectroscopic methods and confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.

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