A new coumestan from Tephrosia calophylla.

A new coumestan, tephcalostan (1) has been isolated from the whole plant of Tephrosia calophylla BEDD. together with two known flavonoids, 7-O-methylglabranin (2) and kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3). The structure of tephcalostan was elucidated as 5'-(R)-8, 9-methylenedioxy-5'-isopropenyl-4', 5'-dihydrofurano[2', 3':2, 3]coumestan by extensive one-and two-dimensional (1D- and 2D-)-NMR techniques including (1)H-(1)H correlation spectroscopy (COSY), heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC), heteronuclear multiple bond connectivity (HMBC) and nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY) experiments.