Oxo-Tessallatin, A Novel Phenanthrapyrone Isolated from Vanda Tessalata

V. Anuradha*, Mandava V. Basaveswara Rao¹ and Anand S. Aswar²

¹Department of Chemistry, Gitam University, Visakhapatnam - 530 045 India.

²Department of Chemistry, S.G.B. Amaravati University, Amaravati - 444 602 India.

³Department of Chemistry, Vignan School of PG Studies, Vignan School of P. G. Studies, Vignan Degree College, Guntur India.

ABSTRACT:

From the whole plant of Vanda tessalata a new phenanthrapyrone derivative was isolated. Its structure was elucidated as 3,7-dihydroxy-2-methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrapyrone on the basis of spectroscopic data. This is the first report of phenanthrapyrone from Vanda tessalata.

KEYWORDS:

Vanda tessalata; Orchidaceae; oxo-tessallatin; phenanthrene-9,10-dihydro-phenanthrapyrone

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