Journal of the American Chemical Society

THE SYNTHESIS OF HOMOLOGS OF DIHYDROCHAULMOOGRIC AND DIHYDROHYDNOCARPIC ACIDS CONTAINING A CYCLOHEXYL IN PLACE OF A …

GS Hiers, R Adams

Index: Hiers; Adams Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1926 , vol. 48, p. 1091

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Abstract

The investigations of Dean and Wrenshal12 have shown that ethyl dihydrochaulmoograte can be effectively used in the treatment of leprosy. Although the number of clinical cases tested was small, the results indicated that ethyl dihydrochaulmoograte was not far behind the ethyl esters of the mixed acids of chaulmoogra oil in effectiveness. Moreover, the former has the distinct advantage of not causing local irritation upon injection. It has been ...