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3-Benzyl-4-chromanones (homoisoflavanones) from bulbs of the ethnomedicinal geophyte Ledebouria revoluta (Hyacinthaceae)

South African Journal of Botany (2006) 72(4) 517-520
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2006.01.004
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Ledebouria revoluta (Hyacinthaceae: Hyacinthoideae), used widely as an ethnomedicinal in southern Africa, has been characterised phytochemically for the first time. Four homoisoflavanones (3-benzyl-4-chromanones) were isolated from the bulbs and their absolute configuration at C-3 determined using CD spectroscopy. The chemotaxonomic and ethnopharmacological significance of the presence of 3-benzyl-4-chromanones is discussed. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Moodley, N., Crouch, N. R., Mulholland, D. A., Slade, D., & Ferreira, D. (2006). 3-Benzyl-4-chromanones (homoisoflavanones) from bulbs of the ethnomedicinal geophyte Ledebouria revoluta (Hyacinthaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 72(4), 517–520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2006.01.004

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