Planta Med 1998; 64(7): 673-674
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957551
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

New Sesquiterpene Lactones with Antibacterial Activity from Vernonia fastigiata

G. Roos1 , H. Prawat2 , C. U. Walter1 , I. Klaiber1 , B. Vogler1 , J.-H Guse1 , W. Kraus1
  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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1997

1998

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Sesquiterpene lactones 1-5 were isolated for the first time from the ethyl acetate of Vernonia fastigiata (Asteraceae). Compounds 3, 4 and 5 are new, compounds 1 and 2 have been found earlier in other Vernonia species but not in V. fastigiata.

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