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| ImageFile = Plicatol B.svg
| ImageAlt = Chemical structure of plicatol B
| PIN = 4-Methoxyphenanthrene-2,5-diol
| OtherNames = Moscatin<br>2,5-Dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenanthrene
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| CASNo = 108335-06-4
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| UNII = FUC1N75GST
| PubChem = 194774
| ChemSpiderID = 168975
| InChI = 1/C15H12O3/c1-18-13-8-11(16)7-10-6-5-9-3-2-4-12(17)14(9)15(10)13/h2-8,16-17H,1H3
| InChIKey = LVOCAIKGDCMNNK-UHFFFAOYAI
| StdInChI = 1S/C15H12O3/c1-18-13-8-11(16)7-10-6-5-9-3-2-4-12(17)14(9)15(10)13/h2-8,16-17H,1H3
| StdInChIKey = LVOCAIKGDCMNNK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| SMILES = c2ccc(O)c1c2ccc3c1c(OC)cc(O)c3
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| C=15 | H=12 | O=3
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'''Plicatol B''' is one of the three phenanthrenes that can be isolated from the stems of the orchid ''[[Flickingeria fimbriata]]''.<ref>Phenanthrenes from Dendrobium plicatile. Chie Honda and Masae Yamaki, Phytochemistry, April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 8, Pages 987–990, {{doi|10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00497-5}}</ref> It can also be isolated from ''[[Dendrobium densiflorum]]'', ''[[Dendrobium loddigesii|D. loddigesii]]'', ''[[Dendrobium moschatum|D. moschatum]]'', ''[[Dendrobium rotundatum|D. rotundatum]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kanaya.naist.jp/knapsack_jsp/information.jsp?word=C00015897 |title=Plicatol B at kanaya.naist.jp/knapsack_jsp |access-date=2014-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116161935/http://kanaya.naist.jp/knapsack_jsp/information.jsp?word=C00015897 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''[[Bulbophyllum kwangtungense]]''<ref>New dihydrodibenzoxepins from Bulbophyllum kwangtungense. Wu B1, He S and Pan YJ, Planta Med., October 2006, volume 72, issue 13, pages 1244-1247, {{PMID|16981129}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Plicatol A]]
* [[Plicatol C]]
== References ==
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{{Phenanthrenes}}
[[Category:Phenanthrenoids]]
[[Category:Orchids]]
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