The molecule is an anthraquinone that is knipholone in which the O-methyl group is replaced by a beta-D-glucopyranosyl group. It is isolated from the roots of Bulbine frutescens and exhibits trypanocidal and antiplasmodial activities. It has a role as a metabolite, an antiplasmodial drug and a trypanocidal drug. It is a beta-D-glucoside, a polyphenol, a methyl ketone, an aromatic ketone and a dihydroxyanthraquinone. It derives from a knipholone.
1-[3-acetyl-2,6-dihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydroxy-2-methylanthracene-9,10-dione