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An unusual sesquiterpene derivative from Ferula kuhistanica
Kimiko Tamemoto1, Yoshihisa Takaishi, Kazuyoshi Kawazoe
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Shomachi 1-78, Japan.
Journal of Natural Products
|September 28, 2002
Abstract:
An unusual new sesquiterpene derivative, kuhistaferone (1), was isolated from the fruits of the Uzbekistan medicinal plant Ferula kuhistanica. The structure of 1 was established on the basis of spectroscopic evidence. Compound 1 showed moderate cytotoxicity against the human colon tumor cell line HCT116.