Molecules 2011, 16(9), 7249-7255; doi:10.3390/molecules16097249
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A Novel Cyclodione Coumarin from the Stem Bark of Mesua beccariana

Gwendoline Cheng Lian Ee 1,* email, Soek Sin Teh 1 email, Siau Hui Mah 1 email, Mawardi Rahmani 1 email, Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap 1 email and Khalijah Awang 2 email
1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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Received: 19 July 2011; in revised form: 1 August 2011 / Accepted: 15 August 2011 / Published: 25 August 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Coumarins and Xanthones)
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Abstract: Our ongoing investigations on the stem bark of Mesua beccariana afforded a novel cyclodione coumarin, beccamarin, together with two known xanthones, mesuarianone, mesuasinone, two anthraquinones, 4-methoxy-1,3,5-trihydroxy-anthraquinone and 2,5-dihydroxy-1,3,4-trimethoxyanthraquinone and one coumarin, mammea A/AB. The structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR and MS techniques.
Keywords: beccamarin; cyclodione coumarin; Mesua beccariana; Clusiaceae

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Ee, G.C.L.; Teh, S.S.; Mah, S.H.; Rahmani, M.; Taufiq-Yap, Y.H.; Awang, K. A Novel Cyclodione Coumarin from the Stem Bark of Mesua beccariana. Molecules 2011, 16, 7249-7255.

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Ee GCL, Teh SS, Mah SH, Rahmani M, Taufiq-Yap YH, Awang K. A Novel Cyclodione Coumarin from the Stem Bark of Mesua beccariana. Molecules. 2011; 16(9):7249-7255.

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Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian; Teh, Soek Sin; Mah, Siau Hui; Rahmani, Mawardi; Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin; Awang, Khalijah. 2011. "A Novel Cyclodione Coumarin from the Stem Bark of Mesua beccariana." Molecules 16, no. 9: 7249-7255.

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