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Prenylated flavones from Artocarpus altilis

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Six prenylated flavones, including one new compound, were isolated and identified from the stem bark extracts of Artocarpus altilis. The new prenylated flavone hydroxyartocarpin (1) was characterized as 3-(γ,γ-dimethylallyl)-6-isopentenyl-5,8,2′,4′-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyflavone and the known compounds were artocarpin (2), morusin (3), cycloartobiloxanthone (4), cycloartocarpin A (5) and artoindonesianin V (6). The structures of the compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods (IR, MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR) and comparison with published data for the known compounds.

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Shamaun, S.S., Rahmani, M., Hashim, N.M. et al. Prenylated flavones from Artocarpus altilis . J Nat Med 64, 478–481 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-010-0427-4

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