Terpenoid metabolites from the aerial part of Artemisia lagocephala
摘要:
Six naturally occurring terpenoids were isolated from the hexane extract of rabbit-head wormwood Artemisia lagocephala (Fisch. ex Besser) DC. The terpenoids' structures were elucidated by spectroscopic and chemical methods as 3 beta-acetoxycycloartan-24-ozonide (1), 3 beta-acetoxycycloartan-24-al (2), 25,26,27-trisnor-3 beta-acetoxycycloartan-24-ol (3), 24,25,26,27-tetranor-3 beta-acetoxycycloartan-23-ol (4), and the previously known caryophyllene oxide (5) and (1R,4S)-p-menth-2-en-1-ol (6). (C) 2011 Phytochemical Society of Europe. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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