A new biflavone from needles of Taxus canadensis / 中国中药杂志

The presentstudy is to investigate the chemical constituents of needles of Taxus canadensis. The constituent was isolated by various chromatographic methods, and the chemical structure was elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis. A new biflavone was isolated and identified as 3"'-hydroxy-4"', 7-dimethylamentoflavone.