A new coumarin and polyhydroxysqualenes from Ekebergia benguelensis

Natural Product Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-248

  Jonker, Stephan A ^a   Nkunya, Mayunga H H ^a   Mwamtobe, Lutufyo ^a   Geenevasen, Jan ^b   Koomen, Gert Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2,3,22,23 Tetrahydroxy 2,6,10,15,19,23 hexamethyl 6,10,14,18 tetracosatetraene; 2 Hydroxymethyl 2,3,22,23 tetrahydroxy 6,10,15,19,23 pentamethyl 6,10,14,18 tetracosatetraene; 4 Methoxy 5 hydroxy methylcoumarin; Ekebergia benguelensis; Meliaceae

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SQUALENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030723808     PISSN: 10575634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10575639708043736     Document Type: Article

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