Abstract: | The new lignan derivative, erimopyrone, was isolated from the liverwort, Moerckia erimona. Its structure was established as 1R, 2S]-1(6-carboxy-2-oxo-2H-4-pyranyl)- 6,7-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydro-2,3-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid by spectroscopic methods. |