• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.593-599
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• 2004

From the EtOAc fraction of the MeOH extract of Albizzia julibrissin (Leguminosae）, a rare 5-deoxyflavone (geraldone, 1）, isookanin (2）, luteolin (3）, an isoflavone (daidzein, 4）, five prenylated flavonoids ［soph6f1avescenol (5）, kurarinone (6）, kurarinol (7）, kuraridin (8） and kuraridinol (9）］, a cerebroside (soya-cerebroside I, 10）, and $(-)-syringaresinol-4-O-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$ (11） were isolated and characterized on the basis of spectral data. Compounds 2, 3, and 11, showed 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity.