A new nor-lignan from the seeds of Descurainia sophia
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1Research Department of Natural Medicine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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|July 13, 2006
Abstract:
A new aryldihydronaphthoic acid, descuraic acid (1), was isolated from the seeds of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl. The structure of 1 was elucidated by means of physico-chemical properties and spectroscopic methods (1D and 2D NMR, MS). 1 was a new nor-lignan.
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