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Planta Med 1990; 56(4): 403-405
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960994
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Lignans and Other Constituents of Centaurea sphaerocephala ssp. polyacantha

Margarida M. S. M. Bastos1 , Anake Kijjoa2 , José M. Cardoso, Alicia B. Gutiérrez3 , Werner Herz3
  • 1Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, 4000-Porto, Portugal
  • 2Laboratório de Química, Institute de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4000-Porto, Portugal
  • 3Department of Chemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, U.S.A.
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1989

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05 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Extraction of the aerial parts of Centaurea sphaerocephala L. ssp. polyacantha (Willd.) Dostal furnished the lignans (-)-matairesinol, (-)-arctigenin, and (-)-arctiin, two sesquilignans lappaol A and a stereo- or structural isomer of lappaol A, and a new dithienylacetylene.

Key words

Centaurea spaerocephala ssp. - polyacantha - lignans - sesquilignans - dithienylacetylene