Sesquiterpenes from the roots of Cichorium endivia

  • Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2008 Oct;56(10):1445-51. doi: 10.1248/cpb.56.1445.
Tsutomu Warashina  1 ,  Toshio Miyase
Affiliations
  • 1. Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan. [email protected]
PMID: 18827387 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.56.1445
Abstract

Twelve new sesquiterpene and sesquiterpene glycosides were obtained along with eleven known compounds from the roots of Cichorium endivia (Compositae). The compounds were identified as guaianolide, germacrenolide and elemanolide, based on spectroscopic methods and chemical evidence.

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