PHENYLPROPANOIDS AND OTHER SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM FRESH FRUITS OFPICRASMA QUASSIOIDES

Four new constituents; two benzofuran glucosides (picraquassiosides A and B), a neolignan (picraquassioside C) and a phenol (picraquassiosid e D) were isolated from fresh fruits of Picrasma quassioides, together with seven known compounds. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated as 6-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-benzofuranpropionic acid 6-O-beta- D-glucopyranoside, 6-hydroxy-4,7-dimethoxy-5-benzofuranpropionic acid 6-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, lucopyranosyl-4'-hydroxy-3',5'-dimethoxyph enyl-2(2 '',6 '' dimethoxy-4 ''-[1-(E) propen-3-ol-phenoxy)-propan-1,3 -diol(threo), and methylphloroglucinol beta-D-glucopyranoside by spect roscopic means.