2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone


2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone is a benzoquinone, a chemical compound found in Rauvolfia vomitoria and in Tibouchina pulchra.

Toxicity

At physiological concentrations 2,6-Dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone is an antibacterial substance, in non-physiological, highly elevated concentrations might be mutagenic, cytotoxic, genotoxic, and hepatotoxic., but some scientists challenge its mutagenicity and others totally exclude such a possibility.