Introduction Xanthones are secondary metabolites commonly occurring in a few higher plant families, fungi and lichen. Their high taxonomic value in such families and their pharmacological properties, including in vitr...Introduction Xanthones are secondary metabolites commonly occurring in a few higher plant families, fungi and lichen. Their high taxonomic value in such families and their pharmacological properties, including in vitro cytotoxicity, in vivo antitumour activity, antifungal, antibacterial, antiinflammatory properties and aldose reductase inhibitory activity have provoked great interest. The discovery of the antidiabetic activity of some axnthones＇ from Swertiaceae has prompted us to undertake a more broadly search for novel xanthones from plants of Polygalaceae. The phytochemical investigation has not been performed on this plant up to now. Herein we report the isolation and structure elucidation of two new xanthones （ compounds 1 and 2 ） and three known xanthones （compound 3, 4 and 5 ）.展开更多
文摘Introduction Xanthones are secondary metabolites commonly occurring in a few higher plant families, fungi and lichen. Their high taxonomic value in such families and their pharmacological properties, including in vitro cytotoxicity, in vivo antitumour activity, antifungal, antibacterial, antiinflammatory properties and aldose reductase inhibitory activity have provoked great interest. The discovery of the antidiabetic activity of some axnthones＇ from Swertiaceae has prompted us to undertake a more broadly search for novel xanthones from plants of Polygalaceae. The phytochemical investigation has not been performed on this plant up to now. Herein we report the isolation and structure elucidation of two new xanthones （ compounds 1 and 2 ） and three known xanthones （compound 3, 4 and 5 ）.
