From the petrol and chloroform extracts of the aerial parts of Pteroca
ulon virgatum, two new coumarins, virgatenol and virgatol, were isolat
ed, as well as the four known coumarins, 7-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)-6-m
ethoxycoumarin, -(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutoxy)-6-methoxycoumarin, aya
pin (6,7-methylenedioxycoumarin) and scopoletin (7-hydroxy-6-methoxyco
umarin). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopi
c methods. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights rese
rved.