justicidin/dichloromethane

Using activity against Candida albicans as a lead, the bioactivity-guided fractionation of the dichloromethane extract of Phyllanthus piscatorum led to the isolation of the arylnaphthalide lignan justicidin B (1), which was found to be present in high amounts, and a new C-11 hydroxylated derivative

From the dichloromethane extract of aerial parts of Linum perenne L. (Linaceae), in addition to three lignans of the arylnaphthalene type (justicidin B, isojusticidin B and retrohelioxanthin), we isolated four lignans of the aryldihydronaphthalene type. The major constituent contains a novel type of

Mature seeds of 20 Linum species were analyzed for their content of lignans. The seeds of common flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) are known to contain as characteristic lignan sesoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), whose presence in seeds of some other Linum species has also been reported. In order to