a Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universitá “La Sapienza” di Roma, P. le A. Moro 5--00185, Roma, Italy
b Departamento de Quimica, Universidad F. Santa Maria, Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile
Abstract:
From Cruckshanksia verticillata, an endemic Chilean species of the family Rubiaceae, a new secoiridoid was isolated in addition to asperuloside and secologanin and identified as 7--methoxysweroside by spectroscopic means. The importance of the isolated iridoids in subfamilial classification of the genus Cruckshanksia is discussed.