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Planta Med 1991; 57(6): 575-577
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960210
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Constituents of Knema laurina and Knema tenuinervia ssp. setosa

Anake Kijjoa1 , Maria José T. G. Gonzalez2 , Madalena M. M. Pinto2 , Ing-On Monanondra3 , Werner Herz4
  • 1Laboratorio de Química, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4000-Porto, Portugal
  • 2Laboratorio de Química Orgânica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, 4000-Porto, Portugal
  • 3Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
  • 4Department of Chemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, U.S.A.
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1990

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05 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Extraction of the stem bark of Knema laurina Warb. and Knema tenuinervia W. J. J. O. de Wilde ssp. setosa de Wilde furnished 3-(12-phenyl-8Z-dodecenyl)-phenol and 3-(8Z-pentadecenyl)-phenol together with 8-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-n-pentylisocoumarin, respectively. 2-Carboxy-3-(12-phenyldodecyl)-phenol) and 2,4-dihydroxy-6-(10-phenyldecyl)-acetophenone were common to both extracts.

Key words

Knema laurina - Knema tenuinervia - Myristicaceae - traditional Thai medicine - cardanols - anacardic acids - resorcinol derivative - isocoumarin derivative