“…These compounds are categorized into four types: 3-benzyl-4-chromanones, 3-benzylidene-4-chromanones, 3-benzyl-3-hydroxy-4-chromanones and scillascillins. 6 In general, these compounds are reported to show anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer, anti-histaminic, anti-viral, and anti-phosphodiesterase activities. Cremastranone ( 1 ), 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxychroman-4-one, is a 3-benzyl-4-chromanone that has been isolated from the plants Muscari armeniacum , 7
Chionodoxa luciliae , 8
Scilla natalensis , 9
Merwilla plumbea , 10 and Cremastra appendiculata (D. Don) 11 ( 1 ; Fig.…”