1. Kyoto College of Pharmacy, Nakauchi-cho 5, Misasagi Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607, Japan;2. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Oehonmachi 5-1, Kumamoto 862, Japan
Abstract:
Two new aromatic compounds structurally related to brazilin were isolated and identified from the heartwood of Caesalpinia sappan. They possessed antihypercholesteremic activity.