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Jian-Chao Chen1, Wu-Qing Liu, Lu Lu, Ming-Hua Qiu, Yong-Tang Zheng, Liu-Meng Yang, Xian-Min Zhang, Lin Zhou, Zhong-Rong Li.
Abstract
Chemical investigation of the vines and leaves of Momordica charantia resulted in isolation of fourteen cucurbitane triterpenoids, kuguacins F-S (1-14), including two pentanorcucurbitacins (6 and 7), one octanorcucurbitacin (8), and two trinorcucurbitacins (11 and 12), along with six known analogues. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Compounds 1-14 exhibited weak anti-HIV-1 activities in vitro.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19041990 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.10.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phytochemistry ISSN: 0031-9422 Impact factor: 4.072