ABSTRACT
Using data from UV, IR, IH-NMR, 13C_NMR,dan NMR-2D analysis, a compound of 6,6\u27-dimethoxy-4,4\u27-
dihydroxy-3\u27,2\u27-furano-isoflavane (1) was successful/y isolated from chloroform fraction of heartwood in Me/ochia umbel/ata (Houff.) Stapf var. Degrabarata K (Paliasa). Hitherto no report of such compound found in literature. The compound however has not shown a significant bioactivity according to either brine shrimp lethality test or evaluation of anti tumor activity against leukemia murine cel/ (P-388).
Keywords: isoflavane, heartwood, chloroform and Me/ochia umbel/at
