title: Diterpenoids from Amazonian crude drug of Fabaceae.
abstract: A new cassane diterpene was isolated from Amazonian crude drug, "Acapu, " the wood of Vouacapoua americana, together with two known cassane furanoditerpenes, (+)-vouacapenic acid and (+)-methyl vouacapenate. The structure was characterized as cassa-13(14), 15-dien-19-oic acid on the basis of spectroscopic evidence.
authors.affiliation: Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kimiye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007887:Fabaceae; D024301:Plant Bark; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D010936:Plant Extracts