A fully synthetic route the neurotrophic illicinones: Syntheses of tricycloillicinone and bicycloillicinone aldehyde

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 6160-6168

  Pettus, Thomas R R ^b,c   Inoue, Masayuki ^a,d   Chen, Xiao Tao ^b,e   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Havemeyer Hall ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BICYCLOILLICINONE ASARONACETAL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ILLICINONE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; TRICYCLOILLICINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACT; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRENYLATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WOOD;

EID: 0034608905     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja000521m     Document Type: Article

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