Planta Med 1984; 50(1): 53-55
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969620
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The Chemistry of Brazilian Myristicaceae

XVIII: Eperudiendiol, Glycerides and Neolignans from Fruits of Osteophloeum platyspermum1 R. Braz Fo2 , M. G. de Carvalho2 , O. R. Gottlieb3
  • 2Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ
  • 3Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
1 For Part XVII see ref. (1). Based on the MS thesis presented by M. G. de C. to Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (1980).
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Publication Date:
26 February 2007 (online)

Abstract

The fruits of Osteophloeum platyspermum (Myristicaceae) contain sitosterol, eperu-8(20),13-dien-3α,15-diol, glyceryl laurodimyristate, glyceryl 1,3-lauromyristate and five neolignans: dihydroguaiaretic acid, hydroxyotobain, hydroxyoxootobain, guaiacin and otobaphenol.