Organic letters

Stereocontrolled Construction of the A-Ring of Nitiol Using a Pauson-Khand Cycloaddition-Ring Fragmentation Strategy

MS Wilson, GR Dake

Index: Wilson, Michael S.; Dake, Gregory R. Organic Letters, 2001 , vol. 3, # 13 p. 2041 - 2044

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Abstract

Plants continue to be a rich source of compounds with diverse structures and medicinal activities. 1 The plant named Gentianella (G.) nitida (Gentianaceae) (common names “hercampuri” or “hircampure”) is a biennial medicinal plant that grows in the Andes region and is used in traditional folk medicine. It is used to remedy hepatitis, as a cholagogue, and in the treatment of obesity. Extracts from this whole plant were purified several times, which led ...