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A detailed chemical investigation of the red resins from Dracaena cochinchinensis (Chinese dragon’s blood) yielded five new flavonoid oligomers, named cochinchinenins D-H (1–5), together with a known biflavonoid, cinnabarone (6), and a mixture of two known biflavonoids, socotrin-4′-ol (7) and homoisosocotrin-4′-ol (8). Of these new compounds, 1–3 were biflavonoids and 4 and 5 were triflavonoids. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The isolated compounds were tested for cytotoxicity (Cdc25), antibacterial (PEPT) and antifungal (YNG) activities.
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Zheng, QA., Xu, M., Yang, CR. et al. Flavonoid oligomers from Chinese dragon’s blood, the red resins of Dracaena cochinchinensis. Nat. Prod. Bioprospect. 2, 111–116 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13659-012-0020-5
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