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HO
HO
OH
OH
HO
HO
HO
HO
HO
HO
OH
OH
O
O
OH
O
O
OH
O
O
O
O
O
O
OH
OH
O
O
O
O
OH
OH
O
O
OH
O
O
H
O
O
H
O
O
HO
H
HO
O
H
O
O
O
O
OH
OH
O
O
HO
OH
O
HO
OH
O
O
OH
HO
HO
OH
Ascorgeraniin (Elaeocarpusin)
Putranjivain A
HO
HO
OH
OH
HO
HO
HO
HO
HO
HO
OH
OH
O
O
OH
O
O
OH
O
O
O
O
O
O
OH
OH
O
O
O
O
OH
OH
O
O
O
O
O
O
H
O
HO
N
O
OH
OH
OH
HO
OH
O
OH
OH
N
O
CH
3
Phyllanthusiin D
A phenazine derivative of geraniin
Phyllanthusiin D, a condensation product of geraniin with acetone,
was isolated from acetone and aqueous acetone homogenates of
Phyllanthus
flexuosus
,
Phyllanthus
amarus
, and also from suspension
cultures of
Geranium thunbergii
(Yazaki
et al.
, 1991). In this case, it is
likely that phyllanthusiin D is simply an artefact formed during the
extraction procedure, since it was produced when geraniin was refluxed
in dry acetone containing a small amount of trifluoroacetic acid. One can
here also mention the condensation reaction between geraniin and
ortho
-
phenylenediamine in weakly acidic media that yields a phenazine
derivative, a reaction commonly used to determine the presence of a
DHHDP group in an ellagitannin molecule.