A new bibenzyl, 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(3-hydroxy-4, 5-dimethoxyphenyl)
-ethane, possessing similar germination inhibitory activity to batatas
in III in vitro, was isolated from the leaves of Empetrum nigrum. The
isolation, structural determination and synthesis of the new compound
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