Isorhapontigenin

Isorhapontigenin is a tetrahydroxylated stilbenoid with a methoxy group.

It is an isomer of rhapontigenin and an analog of resveratrol.

[1] It is found in the Chinese herb Gnetum cleistostachyum,[2] in Gnetum parvifolium[3] and in the seeds of the palm Aiphanes aculeata.

[4] An isorhapontigenin tetramer, gnetuhainin R, can be isolated from the lianas of Gnetum hainanense.

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Chemical structure of isorhapontigenin.