Bioactive Benzyl Benzoates from the Roots of Endlicheria Dysodantha

Abstract

Fractionation of the bioactive constituents of the roots of endlicheria dysodantha mez. (lauraceae) using the brine shrimp lethality bioassay led to the isolation of four bioactive derivatives of benzyl benzoate: benzyl 2-hydroxybenzoate (1), benzyl 2-hydroxy-6-methoxybenzoate (2), benzyl 2,6-dimethoxybenzoate (3), and benzyl 2,5-dimethoxybenzoate (4). the structures of these compounds were identified by spectroscopic methods. this is the first report of these benzyl benzoates being isolated from the genus endlicheria.