New Phenolics from Polygala fallax

• Published in: Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 441 - 443
• Main Authors: Ma, Wenzhe, Wei, Xiaoyi, Ling, Tiejun, Xie, Haihui, Zhou, Wenhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WASHINGTON American Chemical Society 01.03.2003; Amer Chemical Soc; American Society of Pharmacognosy
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; chemical structure; Chemistry, Medicinal; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - chemistry; General pharmacology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Medical sciences; medicinal plants; methylenes; Molecular Structure; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; phenolic compounds; Phenols - chemistry; Phenols - isolation & purification; photochemistry; plant extracts; Plant Roots - chemistry; Plant Sciences; Plant Stems - chemistry; Plants, Medicinal - chemistry; Polygala; Polygala - chemistry; Polygala fallax; polygalolides; roots; Science & Technology; spectral analysis; stems; stereochemistry; xanthones; China; Asia; ROOTS; XANTHONES; Root; Pharmacognosy; Relative configuration; Oriental medicine; Polygalaceae; Lactone; Tetracyclic compound; Oxygen heterocycle; Stem; Medicinal plant; Folk medicine; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Plant origin; Phenols; Benzenic compound; Isolation; Spermatophyta; Enone; Structural analysis
• ISSN: 0163-3864; 1520-6025
• DOI: 10.1021/np020467i

Two new phenolic compounds, polygalolide A (1) and polygalolide B (2), together with three known xanthones were isolated from the roots and stems of Polygala fallax. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence.