Benzofurans and another constituent from seeds of Styrax officinalis

Egonol gentiobioside and egonol gentiotrioside from Styrax perkinsiae promote the biosynthesis of estrogen by aromatase

“…Benzofurans are the major compounds in this genus (Akgul and Anil, 2003;Li et al, 2005;Luo et al, 2007;Park et al, 2007). Thus, this result indicates that the benzofurans in S. perkinsiae may be Fig.…”

5-(4-Fluorophenyl)-2-methyl-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran

“…Recently, many compounds having a benzofuran moiety have drawn much attention owing to their valuable pharmacological properties such as antibacterial and antifungal, antitumor and antiviral, and antimicrobial activities (Aslam et al, 2009, Galal et al, 2009, Khan et al, 2005. These benzofuran derivatives occur in a wide range of natural products (Akgul & Anil, 2003;Soekamto et al, 2003). As a part of our ongoing studies of the substituent effect on the solid state structures of 5-aryl-2-methyl-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran analogues, see: Choi et al (2006Choi et al ( , 2009, we report herein the crystal structure of the title compound.…”

“…For natural products with benzofuran rings, see: Akgul & Anil (2003); Soekamto et al (2003). For structural studies of related 5-aryl-2-methyl-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran drivatives, see: Choi et al (2006Choi et al ( , 2009.…”

5-Fluoro-2-methyl-3-phenylsulfonyl-1-benzofuran

“…For natural products with benzofuran ring systems, see: Akgul & Anil (2003); Soekamto et al (2003). For the biological activity of benzofuran compounds, see: Aslam et al (2006); Galal et al (2009).…”