Phenylphenalenone-type Phytoalexins from Unripe Buñgulan Banana Fruit

Fourteen phenylphenalenone-type phytoalexins (1-14), including three new compounds, were isolated from the peel of unripe Musa acuminata [AAA] cv. Buñgulan fruit which had been injured and then inoculated with conidia of Colletotrichum musae. These new phytoalexins were identified as (+)-cis-2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxy-4-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)phenalen-1-one (12), 9-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methoxyphenalen-1-one (13) and...