Xanthones from the roots ofSwertia iberica

From the roots ofSwertia iberica, together with the previously known swertiaperennin decussatin, gentiakochianin, and norswertianin, we have isolated two new xanthones — isogentiakochianin and swertiaiberin. On the basis of UV, IR, PMR, and mass spectroscopy, the structure of 1,3,8-trihydroxy-7-methoxyxanthone is proposed for isogentiakochianin, and that of 1,2,3-trihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyanthone for swertiaiberin.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 190–195, March–April, 1980.