ChemInform Abstract: Novel Antifungal Tetracyclic Compounds from Bauhinia rufescens Lam.

Abstract

As the root bark CH2Cl2 extract of Bauhinia rufescens showed antifungal activity in a bioassay with the plant pathogenic fungus Cladosporium cucumerinum, a phytochemical investigation was undertaken on material collected in Niger. Activity-guided fractionation of this extract, using different preparative chromatographic methods, allowed the isolation of the four new antifungal tetracyclic compounds 1–4. Their structures were established by 1H- and 13C-NMR data, and single-crystal X-ray analyses were used to confirm the structures of 1 and 3. The isolated compounds seem to be biogenetically related to a stilbene.