Plant Diversity ›› 1993, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (04): 1-3.

• Articles •    

A NEW ANTITUMOR CYCLIC HEXAPEPTIDE GLYCOSIDE FROM RUBIA YUNNANENSIS

HE Min, ZOU Cheng, HAO Xiao-Jiang, ZHOU Jun   

  1. Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Kunming 650204
  • Online:1993-08-25 Published:1993-08-25

Abstract: From the roots of Rubia yunnanensis,which is an antitumor drug used in Yunnan,an antitumor glycocyclohexapeptide(RY-l)was obtained previously[1].Further study resulted in the isolation of a new antitumor glycocyclohexapeptide, RY—2.Its structure was elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical methods.

Key words: Antitumor