Novel natural products from marketed plants of eastern and southern Africa

Abstract

Marketed plants are an important but a vulnerable group of plants whose investigations as well as conservation should be considered with priority. The chemistry, and in some cases biological activities of novel isoflavonoids, nor-lignans, anthracene and naphthalene derivatives and poly prenylated flavonoids isolated and characterized from Hagenia abyssinica, Salsola somalensis, Hypoxis spp., Taverniera abyssinica, Aloe spp., Bulbine capitata, Rhamnus prinoides and Dorstenia spp. are discussed. © 1999 IUPAC.