ISSN:
0021-8383
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Ambrosia maritima L. growing wild in central Sudan contained substantial amounts of two principal sesquiterpene lactones, ambrosin and damsin. 1H, 13C-n.m.r.'s and X ray crystal analyses of these are discussed.Much interest and published results on the sesquiterpene plant isolates [1 - 9], the pseudoguiano-lides, ensued from their pharmacological (eg. mollusicidal) activity of the compositae family and in particular the Ambrosinae. From the genus Ambrosia (Compositae, Heliantheae, subtribe Ambro-sinae) several pseudoguianolides (eg. ambrosonolides) were isolated [7 - 12]. Recently, two pseudo-guianolides, damsin and ambrosin were isolated from A. Maritima L. sp. and other six more of these lactones were reported to occur in this species [4].The structures of these compounds were exclusively established through 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. studies which in certain cases were by no means conclusive [4].
Additional Material:
6 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prac.19883300204
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