Abstract
Two new compounds, 1,3-bis(m-carboxylphenyl)-propan-2-one (1) and 2-(m-carboxylphenyl)-3-(m-carboxylbenzyl) succinic acid (2), were isolated from the barks of Cerbera manghas, and their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic methods.
Acknowledgements
This study was supported by Hainan Provincial Foundation of Nature and Science (No. 80561) and Key Course Foundation of Medicine Chemistry. Authors are thankful to Zhi-Hong Jiang for HR-ESI-MS measurement of Hong Kong Baptist University.