The molecule is an anthraquinone that is anthracene-9,10-dione substituted by a 3-acetyl-4,6-dihydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl moiety at position 1, hydroxy groups at positions 4 and 5 and a hydroxymethyl group at position 2. Isolated from the roots of Bulbine frutescens, it exhibits antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities. It has a role as a metabolite, an antiplasmodial drug and a trypanocidal drug. It is a polyphenol, a monomethoxybenzene, a methyl ketone, an aromatic ketone, a dihydroxyanthraquinone, a ring assembly and a member of resorcinols.
1-(3-acetyl-4,6-dihydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)anthracene-9,10-dione