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Synfacts 2010(5): 0504-0504  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219710
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Polyrhacitides A and B

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Matthew O’Brien
H. Menz, S. F. Kirsch*
Technische Universität München, Germany
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Publication Date:
22 April 2010 (online)

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Significance

Polyrhacitides A and B were isolated from the Chinese ant species Polyrhachis lamellidens Smith in 2008. This species is used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis. Extracts of the ants have been shown to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.