Abstract

Xanthones From Swertia Alternifolia

Author(s): M. S. M Rawat, G Pant, Renu Pandey

Chemical examination of the whole plant of Swertia alternifolia yielded four xanthones, 2,8-dihydroxy- 1,6-dimethoxyxanthone, 1,8-dihydroxy-3, 5d-i methoxyxanthone, 1,2,6,8-tetrahydroxyxanthone and 1,5,8 trihydroxy-3-methoxyxanthone. These compounds were characterlsed by chemical and spectral methods. These compounds were Isolated for the first time from this plant.

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