868 Communications to the Editor Chem. Pharm. Bull. 53(7) 868—869 (2005) ... Yasuo TAKEUCHI,* Miyo OSHIGE, Kumiko AZUMA, Hitoshi ABE, and Takashi HARAYAMA* ... Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University; 1–1–1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700–8530, Japan. Received April 1, 2005; accepted May 17, 2005; published online May 18, 2005 ... Racemic compound (1) of the antimalarial agents febrifugine (d-1) was ...