Synthesis of pterocarpans

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-554

  Jiménez González, Leticia ^a   Hernández Cervantes, Carmen ^a   Álvarez Corral, Míriam ^a   Muñoz Dorado, Manuel ^a   Rodríguez García, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomimetic synthesis; Chromene; Heck arylation; Phytoalexins; PIFA; Pterocarpans; Sakurai Hosomi reaction; TTN

Indexed keywords

2' HYDROXYFORMONONETIN; 2,3,9 TRIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN; 2,7,4' TRIHYDROXYISOFLAVANONE; 3,4,9 TRIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN; 4 METHOXY MEDICARPIN; BITUCARPIN A; ERYBRAEDIN A; ERYBRAEDIN C; ETOPOSIDE; FORMONONETIN; HOMOPTEROCARPIN; ISOHEMILEIOCARPIN; ISONEORAUTENOL; LEIOCARPIN; LIQUIRITIGENIN; MAACKIAIN; MEDICARPIN; NEODULIN; NEORAUTANE; NEORAUTANIN; NEORAUTENANE; NEORAUTENOL; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; PTEROCARPENE; PTEROCARPIN; SECUNDIFLOROL I; SHINPTEROCARPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VESTICARPAN; VESTITONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 79955827252     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600414     Document Type: Review

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