A New Chlorinated Red Naphthoquinone from Roots ofSesamum indicum

2000/01/01 by A. F. M. Feroj HASAN, Setara Begum, Setara BEGUM +4
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Garlic and Onion Studies #Plant tissue culture and regeneration #Sesame and Sesamin Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1271/bbb.64.873

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Abstract

A new chlorinated red naphthoquinone pigment having antifungal activity, named chlorosesamone, was isolated from the roots of Sesamum indicum. Its structure was characterized as 2-chloro-5,8-dihydroxy-3-(3methyl-2-butenyl)- 1,4-na phthoquinone on the basis of spectral evidence.

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