Structures of New Monoterpenes from Thai Herbal Medicine Curcuma comosa
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Structures of new sesquiterpenes from Curcuma comosa.
From the methanolic extract of the rhizomes of Curcuma comosa cultivated in Thailand, six new sesquiterpenes, (+)- and (-)-comosols (1, 2), comosones I (3), II (4), and III (5), and dimethoxycurcumenone (6), were isolated. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence.
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عنوان ژورنال: Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0009-2363,1347-5223
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.56.1604