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[Studies on lactone constituents from Boennighausenia sessilicarpa Lévl]
Yao Xue Xue Bao = Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Two compounds have been isolated from the ether extract of Boennighausenia sessilicarpa Lévl. On the basis of physico-chemical constants, IR, NMR and MS, they were identified as shijiaocaolactone A (I) and rutamarin (II), the former being a new compound.
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