Two new phenylalkanoids, 5-hydroxy-1-(4′,5′-dihydroxy-3′-methoxyphenyl)dodecan-3-one (1) and 1-(4′,5′-dihydroxy-3′-methoxyphenyl)dodec-4-en-3-one (2), were isolated from the rhizomes of Chinese ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberaceae)). The structures of the two new phenylalkanoids were elucidated by chemical and physical evidence.
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This investigation was supported by a grant from the Tzu Hui Institute of Technology of the Republic of China (Grant No. 105004).
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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, January–February, 2018, pp. 10–12.
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Wang, H.M., Kao, C.L., Li, W.J. et al. Two New Phenylalkanoids from the Rhizomes of Zingiber officinale. Chem Nat Compd 54, 7–9 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-018-2246-x
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