Two novel styrl-pyrones, (+)-garvensintriol and (+)-etharvendiol, toge
ther with a known cytotoxic furano-furone, (+)-goniofufurone, have bee
n isolated from the stem bark of Goniothalamus arvensis. A different r
elative configuration, cis-erythro-erythro for garvensintriol and cis-
threo-erythro for etharvendiol, is established, and their absolute ste
reochemistry is discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights r
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