Picrotoximaesin, a novel picrotoxane sesquiterpenoid from the berries of Maesobotrya floribunda

Natural Product Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Tane, Pierre ^a   Foyere Ayafor, J ^a   Farrugia, Louis J ^b   Connolly, Joseph D ^b   Rycroft, David S ^b   Tillequin, Francois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Euphorbiaceae; Maesobotrya floribunda; Picrotoxane sesquiterpenoid; Picrotoximaesin; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; SESQUITERPENOID;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT SEED; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MAESOBOTRYA FLORIBUNDA;

EID: 10544244168     PISSN: 10575634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10575639608043576     Document Type: Article

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