Two novel epoxyisoflavones, erysenegalensein F, roxy-8-(2''',3'''-epox
y-3'''-methylbutyl)-2'',2''- dimethylpyrano[5'',6'':6,7]isoflavone and
erysenegalensein G, roxy-8-(2''',3'''-epoxy-3'''-methylbutyl)-2'',2''
- dimethylpyrano[5'',6'':6,7]isoflavone, in addition to the known comp
ounds auriculatin and warangalone, have been isolated and characterize
d from the stem bark of the Cameroonian medicinal plant Erythrina sene
galensis. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic techniques
and confirmed by chemical correlations.