Micrandilactone A: a novel triterpene from Schisandra micrantha.
[structure: see text] A novel nortriterpene, micrandilactone A, was isolated from the medicinal plant Schisandra micrantha. This is the first example of an unusual, natural, highly oxidized cycloartane skeleton with a biosynthetically modified eight-membered ring D isolated from the family Schisandraceae.
Li
Rong-Tao
RT
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, PR China.
Zhao
Qin-Shi
QS
Li
Sheng-Hong
SH
Han
Quan-Bin
QB
Sun
Han-Dong
HD
Lu
Yang
Y
Zhang
Li-Li
LL
Zheng
Qi-Tai
QT
D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D032141:Schisandra / Q000737:chemistry*; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D007783:Lactones; D014315:Triterpenes; C476501:micrandilactone A