Sesquiterpenes from Cymbopogon proximus
Abstract
:Introduction
Results and Discussion
Position | 2 | 3 | 10-epi-5β-hydro- peroxy-β-eudesmol [14] | 10-epi-5α-hydro- peroxy-β-eudesmol [14] | 4 | 6 | |
1 | 34.9 t | 34.4 t | 33.5 t | 35.8 t | 79.3 d | 153.8 s | |
2 | 21.9 t | 21.5 t | 20.1 t | 23.5 t | 31.4 t | 37.8 t | |
3 | 31.7 t | 32.0 t | 32.4 t | 34.2 t | 34.2 t | 25.6 t | |
4 | 152.1 s | 148.8 s | 148.7 s | 148.8 s | 148.9 s | 47.4 d | |
5 | 75.5 s | 87.2 s | 87.0 s | 89.5 s | 47.5 d | 52.5 d | |
6 | 31.0 t | 24.7 t | 23.4 t | 28.0 t | 24.4 t | 40.6 t | |
7 | 43.5 d | 43.2 d | 40.7 d | 43.7 d | 48.9 d | 81.1 s | |
8 | 22.3 t | 22.5 t | 22.7 t | 22.4 t | 22.1 t | 27.2 t | |
9 | 34.2 t | 34.3 t | 35.2 t | 35.4 t | 36.9 t | 27.5 t | |
10 | 37.8 s | 38.7 s | 38.1 s | 38.9 s | 40.1 s | 48.3 d | |
11 | 72.8 s | 72.9 s | 74.1 s | 72.9 s | 72.8 s | 74.2 s | |
12 | 26.8 q | 26.3 q | 28.7 q | 26.5 q | 27.0 q | 26.9 q | |
13 | 27.8 q | 28.0 q | 29.9 q | 27.6 q | 27.2 q | 27.1 q | |
14 | 19.9 q | 21.2 q | 22.8 q | 21.3 q | 10.2 q | 106.5 t | |
15 | 107.6 t | 111.6 t | 111.1 t | 108.0 t | 106.8 t | 23.8 q |
Experimental
General
Plant material
Extraction and Isolation
Acknowledgments
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El-Askary, H.I.; Meselhy, M.R.; Galal, A.M. Sesquiterpenes from Cymbopogon proximus. Molecules 2003, 8, 670-677. https://doi.org/10.3390/80900670
El-Askary HI, Meselhy MR, Galal AM. Sesquiterpenes from Cymbopogon proximus. Molecules. 2003; 8(9):670-677. https://doi.org/10.3390/80900670
Chicago/Turabian StyleEl-Askary, Hesham I., Meselhy R. Meselhy, and Ahmed M. Galal. 2003. "Sesquiterpenes from Cymbopogon proximus" Molecules 8, no. 9: 670-677. https://doi.org/10.3390/80900670