TRIOXYGENATED NATURALLY-OCCURRING XANTHONES

Authors
PERES V NAGEM TJ
Citation
V. Peres et Tj. Nagem, TRIOXYGENATED NATURALLY-OCCURRING XANTHONES, Phytochemistry, 44(2), 1997, pp. 191-214
Citations number
262
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
191 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1997)44:2<191:TNX>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
This review discusses the chemistry of 127 trioxygenated xanthones occ urring in six families, 37 genera and 107 species of higher plants, an d 55 which are fungal or lichen metabolites. The value of these substa nces in connection with their pharmacological activity and the therape utic use of some species is considered. The structural formulae of 130 compounds and their natural distribution are given. Copyright (C) 199 6 Elsevier Science Ltd