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Two new taxanes from Taxus chinensis var. mairei
Planta Medica
|January 27, 2007
Abstract:
Two bicyclic taxanes and two abeotaxanes were isolated from the bark and the needles of the Chinese yew, Taxus chinensis var. mairei. The structures of the two new compounds, 5-( N,N-dimethyl-3'-phenylisoseryl)taxachitriene A and 13-acetyl-9-deacetyl-9-benzoyl-10-debenzoyltaxchinin A, were established by spectral methods.
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