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F Tian1, C J Chang, J B Grutzner
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, School of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|September 12, 2001
Abstract:
A bioactivity-directed fractionation of the ethanolic extracts of Robinia pseudoacacia L. (Fabaceae) afforded robinlin (1), a novel homo-monoterpene. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectral analyses of the parent compound as well as its derivatives; 1 showed strong bioactivity in the brine shrimp lethality test (BST).
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