Abstract: | A study has been made of natural C-methylflavones and their dealkylated analogues: 5-hydroxy-4 ,7-dimethoxy-7-methylflavone (noreucalyptin); 4 ,5,7-trihydroxy-6-methylflavone; 5-hydroxy-4 ,7-dimethoxy-6,8-dimethylflavone (eucalyptin); 4, 5-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-6,8-dimethylflavone (sideroxylin); 4 ,5,7-trihydroxy-6,8-dimethylflavone; 4 ,5,6-trihydroxy-3-methoxy-8-methylflavone (silpin) and 3,4 ,5,6-tetrahydroxy-8-methylflavone.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 306–309, May–June, 1984. |