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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrans > Glaucarubin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Triterpenes > Quassins > Glaucarubin

Preferred term

Glaucarubin  

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Entry terms

  • Kirondrin

Scope note

  • (1 beta,2 alpha,11 beta,12 alpha,15 beta(S))-11,20-Epoxy-1,2,11,12-tetrahydroxy-15-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-oxobutoxy)picras-3-en-16-one. A quassinoid (Simaroubolide) from Simaruba glauca, a tropical shrub. It has been used as an antiamebic agent and is found to be cytotoxic. It may be of use in cancer chemotherapy.

History note

  • 91(66); was see under PHENANTHRENES 1981-90; was see under PYRANS 1975-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005900

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