Five new flavonoids, 5,8-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethoxy-3′,4′-methylenedioxyflavone (
1), 7-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-3′,4′-methylenedioxyflavone (
2), 7-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutoxy)-3,5-dimethoxy-3′,4′-methylenedioxyflavone (
3), 7-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutoxy)-3,3′,4′,5-tetramethoxyflavone (
4), and 7-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutoxy)-3,3′,4′,5,8-pentamethoxyflavone (
5), were isolated from the leaves of
Melicope triphylla. In addition, six known flavonoids were detected: 3,4′,5-trihydroxy-3′,7,8-trimethoxyflavone (
6), 5,7-dihydroxy-3-methoxy-3′,4′-methylenedioxyflavone (
7), 4′,5,7-trihydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxyflavone (
8), 4′,7-dihydroxy-3,3′,5,8-tetramethoxyflavone (
9), 4′,7-dihydroxy-3,3′,5-trimethoxyflavone (
10), and 4′,5,7-trihydroxy-3,3′,8-trimethoxyflavone (
11). The new compound structures were determined by spectroscopic methods. Compounds
1–
5 did not exhibit any ichthyotoxic activity against Japanese killifish (
medaka in Japanese) (
Oryzias latipes var.) at 10 ppm.
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