Altamisin, a new sesquiterpene lactone from ambrosia cumanensis H.B.K.
✍ Scribed by J. Borges; M.T. Manresa; J.L. Martín; C. Pascual; P. Vázquez
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
In this communication we report the isolation and structure determination of altamisin (I), a new sesquiterpene lactone whose structure 1 is related to that of the psilostachyins . Chloroform extraction of the 2 aerial part of Ambrosia cumanensis H.B.K. , collected from the outskirts of San Salvador (Central America) and known locally as Altamisa, gave,
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