A new chlorinated red naphthoquinone from roots of Sesamum indicum.
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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Department of Biochemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan.
Begum
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Furumoto
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Fukui
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D002712:Chlorides; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*
C414043:2-chloro-5,8-dihydroxy-3-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone; D002712:Chlorides; D009285:Naphthoquinones