Synfacts 2006(1): 0005-0005  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-921658
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of 1-epi-Cripowellin A and B Aglycone

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Fiona Black
D. Enders*, A. Lenzen, G. Raabe
RWTH Aachen, Germany
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Publication History

Publication Date:
16 December 2005 (online)

Significance

Cripowellins A and B are Amaryllideceae alkaloids isolated from the bulb and root of Crinum powellii. The aglycone is an insecticide comparable in potency to the pyrethroids.