Formylated phloroglucinols from Eucalyptus loxophleba foliage

Abstract

Two new naturally occurring formylated phloroglucinol compounds (FPCs), a dimer, loxophlebal B (10) and a cyclized FPC, loxophlebene (8) together with eight other formylated phloroglucinols (1-7 and 9) were isolated from the chloroform-methanol (8:2) extract of the leaves of Eucalyptus loxophleba ssp. lissophloia. The structures of new compounds were established by comprehensive spectral analysis and by comparison of their NMR data with those of related compounds in the literature. All the isolated compounds were evaluated for anti-leishmanial activity against promastigotes of Leishmania donovani.