A new anthraquinone from Cassia sophera heartwood.
A novel anthraquinone, now named sopheranin, has been isolated from the heartwood of Cassia sophera and characterised as 1, 3, 6, 8-tetrahydroxy 2-methyl 7-vinyl anthraquinone along with (beta-sitosterol, chrysophanol, physcion and emodin.
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Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.
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