Abstract
A new phenanthraquinone, named bauhinione (1), has been isolated from Bauhinia variegata L., and its structure has been elucidated as 2,7-dimethoxy-3-methyl-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-1,4-dione on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the Fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 39825126), the Fund for the 973-Project from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (no. 1988051113), and the Fund from the Chung Kong Scholars Program administered by the Ministry of Education of China.