• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.361-363
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• 1995

Two furofuran lignans, sesamolin and sesangolin were isolated from the seeds of Sesamum indicum and S.angolense, respectively. Detailed analysis of the $^1H-and^{13}C-NMR$ spectra of these lignans was carried out by the application of two-dimensional $^1H-^1/H\; COSY\; and^1/H^{13}C$ multiple-bond, multiple-quantum spectroscopic correlation techniques.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.29 no.12
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• pp.1109-1113
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• 2006

A new furofuran lignan, 4-hydroxykobusin (3), together with known lignans, kobusin (1), and 7,7'-dihydroxybursherenin (2), were isolated from the whole plant of Geranium thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc (Geraniaceae). The structures were determined based on the spectral data and a comparison with the published data. This is the first report of the presence of furofuran lignan in Geranium species.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.151-155
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• 2009

Phytochemical investigation of the MeOH extract of the aerial parts of Geranium eriostemon resulted in the isolation of one triterpene, three furofuran lignans, one syringic acid and four flavonoids. Their chemical structures were characterized by spectroscopic methods to be oleanolic acid (1), (-)-kobusin (2), (-)-eudesmin (3), (+)-magnolin (4), syringic acid (5), quercetin (6), juglanin (7), juglalin (8), and hyperin (9). All compounds (1 - 9) were isolated for the first time from this plant source and the compounds 2 - 4 were reported first from the genus Geranium. Compounds 4 - 6 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity against four human cancer cell lines in vitro using a SRB bioassay.