A new 5-dehydroxyflavan, namely Albiziaflavan B or (+)-(2R, 3S, 4R)-3',4', 7-trihydroxy-4-methoxy-2,3-trans-flavan-3,4-trans-diol (1) was isolated from the root bark of Albizia glaberrima, together with six known compounds including three flavans: (+)-mollisacacidin (2), (+)-fustin (3) and butin
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