Planta Med 2002; 68(8): 764-766
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33802
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Abietane Diterpenoids from Callus Cultures of Taxus baccata

Barbara Monacelli1 , Gabriella Pasqua1 , Bruno Botta2 , Vittorio Vinciguerra3 , Eszter Gacs-Baitz4 , Giuliano Delle Monache5
  • 1Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universita’ La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
  • 2Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologica delle Molecole Biologicamente Attive, Universita’ La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
  • 3Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
  • 4Center Research for Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
  • 5Centro Chimica Riconoscimento Molecolare, Università Cattolica, Roma, Italy
Further Information

Publication History

Received: December 28, 2001

Accepted: May 5, 2002

Publication Date:
09 September 2002 (online)

Abstract

A new compound was isolated from calli of Taxus baccata L. and assigned the structure 3β,11-dihydroxy-12-methoxyabieta-8,11,13-triene-7-one. Two other metabolites were identified as 3-oxocryptojaponol and taxamairein C, both previously isolated from Taxus mairei.

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Dr. Giuliano Delle Monache

Centro Chimica Riconoscimento Molecolare

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