Knema elegans

Rhus typhina L. (Anacardiaceae) [2], Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) [5], Semecarpus vitiensis Engl. (Anacardiaceae) [3], Knema elegans Warb. (Myristicaceae) [4]... 

The 2,4-rr r-4-arylflavans, myristinins A (20) and D (23), were also obtained from Knema elegans Hecht and his coworkers demonstrated that these compounds were the most potent DNA polymerase f3 inhibitors to date. The same authors also settled the 2S,4R) absolute configuration for both (20) and (23) using CD data, and confirmed such an assignment via total synthesis of (+)-myristinin A (20) (Scheme 3). ... 

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