Y. Hashidoko, PYROMECONIC ACID AND ITS GLUCOSIDIC DERIVATIVES FROM LEAVES OF ERIGERON ANNUUS, AND THE SIDEROPHILE ACTIVITY OF PYROMECONIC ACID, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 59(5), 1995, pp. 886-890
3'-O-Caffeylerigeroside (pyromeconic acid 3-O-beta-D-glucoside 3'-O-ca
ffeyl ester) was obtained from the leaves of Erigeron annuus as a new
pyromeconic acid derivative, and its structure was elucidated, Togethe
r with the gamma-pyrone derivative, pyromeconic acid (3-hydroxy-4H-pyr
an-4-one) and its beta-glucoside (erigeroside) were also isolated from
the aerial parts of E. annuus. The siderophile activity of pyromeconi
c acid was also studied.