A new compound, (S)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-butane-1,4-diol (1), and seven known compounds (2–8) were isolated from the leaves of Ginkgo biloba. The structures of compounds 1–8 were established by spectroscopic analysis and by comparison of the data with those of analogs. Compounds 4, 5, and 7 were isolated from Ginkgo biloba for the first time.
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We thank Prof. Lin Yang at Lanzhou University of Technology for the authentication of the plant material. This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21702178), Key Scientific Research Program in Universities of Henan Province (No. 18A350010), and Excellent Young Key Teacher Funding Project of Xuchang University (No. 2017).
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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, November–December, 2019, pp. 913–914.
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Shu, P., Sun, M., Xu, H. et al. A New Alcoholic Compound Isolated from the Leaves of Ginkgo biloba. Chem Nat Compd 55, 1059–1061 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-019-02893-3
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