Objective: The genus Ferula L. includes perennial flowering plants belonging to the Apiaceae family. This genus is a rich source of biologically active phytochemicals such as sulfur-containing derivatives, coumarins, sesquiterpenes, sesquiterpene lactones, sesquiterpene coumarins, glucuronic acid, galactose, arabinose, rhamnose, and daucane esters. Over the last decade, considerable attention h...

Certain species of Geigeria contain sesquiterpene lactones which cause vomiting disease in sheep. Dihydrogriesenin (DHG), a sesquiterpene lactone from G. asperta, contains an alpha-methylene function which can spontaneously react with thiol groups on proteins to form a covalent adduct. A specific antiserum against a DHG-protein adduct can be used to determine the fate of DHG in poisoned animals...

The investigation of the hexane extract from aerial parts of Lychnophora pinaster provided, besides others substances, the E-isomer of lychnophoric acid, a sesquiterpene derivative previously isolated from L. affinis.

The aerial parts of A. chrysocoma and A. coarctata afforded 22 and 9 sesquiterpene lactones, respectively. All the compounds described are new for the studied species. The lactones 5, 6 and 12 are new for the genus Achillea.

Assignment of the fifteen carbons of terrecyclic acid A, C15H20O3, a new sesquiterpene antibiotic, in the 13C NMR spectrum was performed by 13C-[1H] selective proton decoupling experiments, comparison with spectra of its derivatives and chemical shifts.