Characterisation of a nataloin derivative from Aloe ellenbeckii, a maculate species from east Africa

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Grace, Olwen Megan
Kokubun, T.
Veitch, N.C.
Simmonds, Monique S.J.

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6′-Malonylnataloin, a malonylated derivative of the rare anthrone nataloin, is characterised for the first time from Aloe ellenbeckii A. Berger. Anthrone C-glycosides are among a suite of chemical constituents of systematic importance in Aloe. The compound is of interest as a putative phytochemical marker for the east African taxa in the maculate species complex.

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Aloe ellenbeckii, 6′-Malonylnataloin, C-glycosylanthrone, Maculate aloes

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Grace, OM, Tokubun, T, Veitch, NC & Simmonds, MSJ 2008, ‘Characterisation of a nataloin derivative from Aloe ellenbeckii, a maculate species from east Africa’, South African Journal of Botany, vol.74, no.4, pp. 761-763. [http:// www.elsevier.com/locate/sajb]