From leaves of Ancistrocladus cochinchinensis, along with plumbagin, (
+)-isoshinanolone, 3,3'-biplumbagin, 8,8'-biplumbagin, lupeol and betu
lin, three new tetralones have been isolated. Their structures were es
tablished as (2R, 4S*)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-methyltetralone, (2R*,4R*)-4,5
-dihydroxy-2-methyltetralone and (3R, 4S*)-3,4,8-trihydroxy-3-methylt
etralone respectively, by NMR spectroscopic data. Copyright (C) 1997 E
lsevier Science Ltd