Morelloflavone, an isolate of ''
Garcinia dulcis
''Garcinia dulcis'' is a tropical fruit tree native to the Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia (Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and the Maluku Islands), and Papua New Guinea. It was domesticated early and spread inland into mainland ...
'', belongs to the family of
biflavonoid Biflavonoids are a type of flavonoids with the general formula scheme (C6-C3-C6)2.
Examples
* Amentoflavone (bis-apigenin coupled at 8 and 3' positions)
* Lophirone L and lophirone M found in ''Lophira alata''
* Sulcatone A, a naturally occur ...
s and is an inhibitor of
HMG-CoA reductase.
References
Flavonoids
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