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Antifungal flavonoids from Hildegardia barteri.

Meragelman TL, Tucker KD, McCloud TG, Cardellina JH, Shoemaker RH

Screening Technologies Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA.

A new isoflavan, (3R)-6,2'-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-4',5'-methylenedioxyisoflavan, hildegardiol (1), and two known flavonoids, 2-hydroxymaackiain (2) and farrerol (3), were isolated from the antifungal root extract of Hildegardia barteri. The pterocarpan 2 was largely responsible for the observed antifungal activity.

Published 27 December 2005 in J Nat Prod, 68(12): 1790-2.
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