title: Widespread occurrence of syn-alkane-6,8-diols in the flowers of the compositae.
abstract: Ten tabular- and eight ligulate-flowers and seven flower-heads from twenty-two species of Compositae were investigated for their alkanediol constituents. All of the flowers contained alkanediols in small amounts suggesting their widespread occurrence in these flowers. Twelve alkanediols were identified as syn(R,S and/or S,R)-C(21)-, C(23)-, C(25)-, and C(27)--C(35)-alkane-6,8-diols among which syn-hentriacontane-6,8-diol occurred abundantly in many of the flowers.
authors.affiliation: College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8, Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, 101, Tokyo, Japan
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akihisa
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasukawa
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumaki
authors.forename: Toshitake
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura