Cartormin, a novel semi-quinone chalcone sharing a pyrrole ring C-glycoside, was isolated from Carthamus tinctorius L. and its structure was established from various spectral data and a single-crystal X-ray analysis.
hydrogen bond, compositae, C-glycoside, Carthamus tinctorius L., semi-quinone chalcone, cartormin
Publication DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00100-3Journal NLM ID: 2984819RPublisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: zshe@mail.shcnc.ac.cn
Institutions: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, FAB-MS, X-ray, TLC, ESI-MS, HPLC, extraction, CC