In addition to some known chalcones and ecdysteroids three new chalcones ha
ve been isolated from aerial parts of Vitex leptobotrys, the structures of
which have been identified as 2',4'-dihydroxy-4,6'-dimethoxychalcone, 4'-hy
droxy-4,2',6'-trimethoxychalcone and 4,2',4',beta-tetrahydroxy-6'-methbxy-a
lpha,beta-dihydrochalcone, respectively. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Sci
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