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], antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent [12][13][14] as well as induces apoptosis in human leukemia cell lines [15][16]. It is believed that broad spectrum of activities of Dan Shen are mainly associated with the presence of tetra cyclic furoquinone diterpenoids like Tanshinone I [17][18], Tanshinone IIA and
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Figure 1:
Some biologically active tetra cyclic furoquinone derivatives (isolated from Dan Shen) and syntheti...