Eusiderins and 1,3-diarylpropanes from Virola species

  • Joao B. Fernandes
  • , M. Nilce de S. Ribeiro
  • , Otto R. Gottlieb
  • , Hugo E. Gottlieb

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Abstract

Trunk wood of Virola divergens Ducke and V. guggenheimii W. Rodrigues (Myristicaceae) contains the 1,3-diarylpropanes virolane and (2S)-virolanol. The latter species contains in addition the benzodioxane-type neolignan eusiderin. Bark of V. pavonis (A. DC.) A.C. Smith contains two novel representatives of this group, rel-(2S, 3R)-7-allyl-5-methoxy-2-(3′, 4′, 5′-trimethoxyphenyl- and rel-(2S, 3R)-7- allyl-5-methoxy-2-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-methyl-benzodioxane, designated eusiderin-C and eusiderin-D, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1523-1525
Number of pages3
JournalPhytochemistry
Volume19
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Myristicaceae
  • V. guggenheimii
  • V. pavonis
  • Virola divergens
  • eusiderins-A, -C, -D.
  • virolane
  • virolanol

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