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Aphanamixoid A, a potent defensive limonoid, with a new carbon skeleton from Aphanamixis polystachya
Jie-Yun Cai1, Yu Zhang, Shi-Hong Luo
1State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China, and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Aphanamixoid A (1), a limonoid with a new carbon skeleton, along with its biogenetically related limonoid aphanamixoid B (2), was isolated from the leaves and twigs of Aphanamixis polystachya . Their structures with the absolute stereochemistry were determined by spectroscopic analysis, X-ray crystallography and computational methods. The significant antifeedant activity of 1 against the generalist plant-feeding insect Helicoverpa armigera (EC50 = 0.015 μmol/cm(2)) suggested it may be a potent defensive component of A. polystachya.
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