
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Batterham, T 
A1  - Cooke, RG 
A1  - Duewell, H 
A1  - Sparrow, LG 
T1  - Colouring Matters of Australian Plants. VIII. Naphthalene Derivatives from <I>Dianella</I> Species
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1961
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
SP  - 637
EP  - 642
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9610637 
N2  - The roots of Dianella laevis contain a crystalline glycoside, dianellin, and the corresponding aglycone, dianellidin. Only dianellin has been isolated from D. caerulea. Dianellidin is identified as 1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-acetonaphthone and the glycoside has the sugars, glucose and rhamnose, attached at the 8-position. Dianellin is readily converted into plumbagin and is a possible natural precursor of this and other naphthoquinones found in plants. There is some evidence for the occurrence of traces of this type of compound in Dianella roots. 
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