Furanosesquiterpenes from Commiphora sphaerocarpa and related adulterants of true myrrh

  • Fitoterapia. 2002 Feb;73(1):48-55. doi: 10.1016/s0367-326x(01)00367-7.
Aman Dekebo  1 ,  Ermias Dagne ,  Olov Sterner
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 30270, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
PMID: 11864764 DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(01)00367-7
Abstract

A new furanosesquiterpene, (1E)-8,12-epoxygermacra-1,7,10,11-tetraen-6-one (3), was isolated from the resin of Commiphora sphaerocarpa together with the known compounds curzerenone (1), furanodienone (2), (1E)-3-methoxy-8,12-epoxygermacra-1,7,10,11-tetraen-6-one (4), (1(10)E,2R*,4R*)-2-methoxy-8,12-epoxygermacra- 1(10),7,11-trien-6-one (5), and dihydropyrocurzerenone (6). Hydrodistillates of the resins of C. sphaerocarpa, C. holtziana, C. kataf and C. myrrha were analysed. The identifications were aided by NMR, GC and GC-MS.

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