Furocoumarins ofKomarovia anisospermum

Summary Three furocoumarins have been isolated from the roots ofKomarovia anisospermum Korov.: isoimperatorin, phellopterin, and 8-geranyloxy-5-methoxypsoralen. This is the first time that the last-mentioned of these substances has been isolated in the pure state.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants, Moscow. Moscow State University. Botanical Garden, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 166–169, March–April, 1976.     

Furocoumarins ofCnidium dubium

Summary 1. Paper chromatography has shown that the fruit ofC. dubium contains not less than eight substances of coumarinic nature; six of these (A, B, C, D, E, and H) have been isolated in the crystalline state.2. Substances B, D, and E are identical with isoimperatorin, imperatorin, and oxypeucedanin, respectively. Some properties of substance H have been determined. Prangenin [F] has been detected in the fruit ofC. dubium by paper chromatography.3. The structure of two new compounds has been established: substance A (cnidicin) (I) is 5, 8-di-(, -dimethylallyloxy) psoralen, and substance C (cnidilin) (II) is 5-(, -dimethylallyloxy)-8-methoxypsoralen.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 375–380, 1966