New diterpenoids from Calceolaria polifolia
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A Customizable Approach for the Enzymatic Production and Purification of Diterpenoid Natural Products
Published on: October 4, 2019
Juan A Garbarino1, Marisa Piovano, M Cristina Chamy
1Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Casilla 110-V, Valparaíso, Chile. juan.garbarino @
Natural Product Research
|March 17, 2007
Abstract:
Four new and seven known diterpenes have been isolated from the dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Calceolaria polifolia. The structures of the new compounds were established by spectroscopic evidence.
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