Anthraquinones from Morinda citrifolia Roots

G.C.L. Ee; Y.P. Wen; M.A. Sukari; R. Go

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 1

Issue Published : September 10, 2010

Anthraquinones from Morinda citrifolia Roots

G.C.L. Ee

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang-43400, Selangor, Malaysia

Y.P. Wen

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang-43400, Selangor, Malaysia

M.A. Sukari

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang-43400, Selangor, Malaysia

R. Go

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang-43400, Selangor, Malaysia

Corresponding Author(s) : G.C.L. Ee

gwen@science.upm.edu.my

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 23 No. 1 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 1
Article Published : September 20, 2010

Abstract

Following our finding of 2-ethoxy-1-hydroxyanthraquinone (1) from Morinda citrifolia root, we further investigated the same part of this plant and it gave us 2-(ethoxy-ethyl)-1- hydroxyanthraquinone (2). Along with these new compounds, five other known anthraquinones, 1-hydroxy-2-methylanthraquinone (3), damnacanthal (4), nordamnacanthal (5), 2-formyl-1- hydroxyanthraquinone (6) and morindone-6-methyl-ether (7) were also isolated from the same plant. The structures of these compounds were elucidated based on spectroscopic analysis such as NMR, MS and IR.

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Morinda citrifolia 2-Ethoxy-1-hydroxyanthraquinone 2-(Ethoxy-ethyl)-1- hydroxyanthraquinone Anthraquinones

Ee, G., Wen, Y., Sukari, M., & Go, R. (2010). Anthraquinones from Morinda citrifolia Roots. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 23(1), 77–80. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/10153

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 1

Anthraquinones from Morinda citrifolia Roots

Corresponding Author(s) : G.C.L. Ee

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