The aerial parts of Alvaradoa jamaicensis have yielded four new compounds.
These are both C-10 epimers of 10-C-[4'-O-acetyl-3'-O-(3-methylbut-2-enoyl)
]-beta-D-arabinopyranosyl-1,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3'-methyl- anthracen-9(10
H)-one (3 and 4) and of 10-C-[4'-O-acetyl-3'-O-(3-methylbut-2-enoyl)]-beta-
D-arabinopyranosyl- 1,8,10-trihydroxy-6-methoxy-3-methyl-anthracen-9-one (5
and 6). The anthraquinones chrysophanol(1) and physcion (2) were also isol
ated.