Phytochemistry

Anthraquinones in cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia

K Inoue, H Nayeshiro, H Inouyet, M Zenk

Index: Inoue, Kenichiro; Nayeshiro, Hidekazu; Inouye, Hiroyuki; Zenk, Meinhart Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1981 , vol. 20, # 7 p. 1693 - 1700

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Abstract

Abstract From cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia five known anthraquinones, rubiadin, lucidin, morindone, lucidin-3-β-primeveroside and morindone-6-β-primeveroside, and seven new anthraquinones were isolated. Six of the seven new quinones were characterized as 2-methyl-3, 5, 6-trihydroxyanthraquinone, 3-hydroxymorindone, 5, 6- dihydroxylucidin, 2-methyl-3, 5, 6-trihydroxyanthraquinone-6-β-primeveroside, 3- ...