Desmethylabietospiran, a naturally occurring self-gelation agent.
A new self-gelating triterpenoid natural product has been isolated from the bark of the silver fir, Abies alba. The structure is desmethylabietospiran (3) on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. Also reported is a more efficient isolation procedure of abietospiran (1) from A. alba.
O'Neill
John A
JA
Department of Chemistry, Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility, University College Cork, Ireland.
Gallagher
O Paul
OP
Devine
Ken J
KJ
Jones
Peter W
PW
Maguire
Anita R
AR
D028202:Abies / Q000737:chemistry*; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D014315:Triterpenes; C498141:abietospiran; C498140:desmethylabietospiran