Five naphthalenedicarboxylic acids have been isolated from the aquatic plant Eichhornia crassipes. The structures 1–5 have been attributed to their permethyiated derivatives on the basis of their spectroscopic features. A biogenetic correlation to phenalenes is suggested.
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