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Synfacts 2011(12): 1270-1270  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289338
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of the Bismurrayaquinone A

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Philippa B. Cranwell
L. C. Konkol, F. Guo, A. A. Sarjeant, R. J. Thomson*
Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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Publication Date:
18 November 2011 (online)

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Significance

Bismurrayaquinone A was isolated in the outer Himalayas from the roots of Murraya koenigii, commonly called the ‘curry-leaf tree’. Extracts from the plant are regularly used as a spice flavoring and also in local medicine due to the antimicrobial activity displayed.