Aromatic constituents from the heartwood of Santalum album L.

Abstract

A phytochemical investigation of the polar constituents in the heartwood of Indian Santalum album L. resulted in the isolation of three new neolignans (1-3) and a new aromatic ester (4), along with 14 known components. The structures of the new compounds (1-4) were established using spectroscopic methods. © 2005 Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.