TERPENOIDS .11. INVESTIGATION OF NINE CACTUS SPECIES - ISOLATION OF 2 NEW TRITERPENES, STELLATOGENIN AND MACHAERIC ACID
TERPENOIDS .11. INVESTIGATION OF NINE CACTUS SPECIES - ISOLATION OF 2 NEW TRITERPENES, STELLATOGENIN AND MACHAERIC ACID
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01610a033
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发表时间:
1955-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, BJ
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作者:
DJERASSI, C;LIU, LH;TAYLOR, BJ
The chemical examination of nine cacti from Mexico, Costa Rica and Peru is described. In addition to the known tri-terpenes oleanolic acid (I) and betulinic acid (III), two new triterpenes were encountered. From L. stellatus and M. eruca there was isolated a new dihydroxy lactone, stellatogenin, which was shown to possess one secondary and one tertiary hydroxyl function by direct correlation with the cactus triterpene thurberogenin. The isolation of a second new triterpene, machaeric acid (21-keto-oleanolic acid)(II), from M. gummosus is recorded.Our initial observation1· 3 of the occurrence of triterpene glycosides in certain giant cacti has prompted us to undertake a more extensive study of thisplant family. We should now like to report on nine cactus species which range, as far as their natural habitats are concerned, from Northern Mexico to Peru.