Bioactive Compounds
Various anthraquinone compounds have been identified in X. elegans, including allacinal, physcion, teloschistin, xanthorin, and erythoglaucin, murolic acid and a glycoside derivative of murolic acid ((18R)-18-O-β--apiofuranosyl-(1-2)-β--glucopyranoside).
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