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. 2012 Apr 11;2(3):111–116. doi: 10.1007/s13659-012-0020-5

Flavonoid oligomers from Chinese dragon’s blood, the red resins of Dracaena cochinchinensis

Qing-An Zheng 1, Min Xu 1,✉, Chong-Ren Yang 1,2, Dong Wang 1, Hai-Zhou Li 1, Hong-Tao Zhu 1, Ying-Jun Zhang 1,✉
PMCID: PMC4131598

Abstract

A detailed chemical investigation of the red resins from Dracaena cochinchinensis (Chinese dragon’s blood) yielded five new flavonoid oligomers, named cochinchinenins D-H (1–5), together with a known biflavonoid, cinnabarone (6), and a mixture of two known biflavonoids, socotrin-4′-ol (7) and homoisosocotrin-4′-ol (8). Of these new compounds, 1–3 were biflavonoids and 4 and 5 were triflavonoids. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The isolated compounds were tested for cytotoxicity (Cdc25), antibacterial (PEPT) and antifungal (YNG) activities. graphic file with name 13659_2012_20_Article_Fig1_HTML.jpg

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Keywords: Dracaena cochinchinensis, flavonoid oligomers, cochinchinenins D-H

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Min Xu, Email: xumin@mail.kib.ac.cn.

Ying-Jun Zhang, Email: zhangyj@mail.kib.ac.cn.

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