J. Steinert et al., HPLC SEPARATION AND DETERMINATION OF NAPHTHO[2,3-B]FURAN-4,9-DIONES AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS IN EXTRACTS OF TABEBUIA-AVELLANEDAE (BIGNONIACEAE), Journal of chromatography, 693(2), 1995, pp. 281-287
A HPLC method for the separation of some naturally occurring naphtho[2
,3-b]furan-4,9-diones and related compounds on a RP column is reported
. These compounds were determined in aqueous and various non-aqueous e
xtracts of the inner bark of Tabebuia avellanedae (Bignoniaceae). roxy
-2-hydroxyethyl-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione, 2-hydroxyethyl-naphtho[
2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione and 2,3-dihydro- 2-(1-methylethenyl-)naphtho[2,3
-b] furan-4,9-dione were predominating in all extracts investigated. L
apachol could not be detected in aqueous extracts known as ''lapacho t
ea''.