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A Customizable Approach for the Enzymatic Production and Purification of Diterpenoid Natural Products
Published on: October 4, 2019
Eudesmane sesquiterpenoids from the Asteraceae family
Quan-Xiang Wu1, Yan-Ping Shi, Zhong-Jian Jia
1State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Natural Product Reports
|September 28, 2006
Abstract:
This review covers the structures and biological activities of eudesmane-type sesquiterpenoids from the plants of the Asteraceae family. Biosynthetic studies or chemical syntheses leading to the revision of structures or stereochemistries have also been included, and 593 references are cited.
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