| Literature DB >> 18663560 |
Yang Qu1, Fengming Xu, Seikou Nakamura, Hisashi Matsuda, Yutana Pongpiriyadacha, Lijun Wu, Masayuki Yoshikawa.
Abstract
From the dried rhizomes of Curcuma comosa cultivating in Thailand, 26 known sesquiterpenes were isolated: zederone, zederone epoxide, furanodienone, isofuranodienone, 1(10)Z,4Z-furanodiene-6-one, glechomanolide, dehydrocurdione, neocurdione, curdione, 7 alpha-hydroxyneocurdione, 7 beta-hydroxycurdione, germacrone-1(10),4-diepoxide, germacrone, 13-hydroxygermacrone, curzerenone, curcolonol, alismol, alismoxide, zedoarondiol, isozedoarondiol, procurcumenol, isoprocurcumenol, aerugidiol, zedoalactone B, curcumenone, and curcumadione. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of physicochemical evidence. Among them, glechomanolide, curzerenone, curcolonol, alismol, alismoxide, and zedoarondiol showed no significant optical activities, so they may be artifact products during the isolation or drying process.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18663560 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-008-0282-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nat Med ISSN: 1340-3443 Impact factor: 2.343