title: The skimmiwallinols--minor components of the epicuticular wax of Cocos nucifera.
abstract: Four new skimmiwallinol derivatives, isoskimmiwallinol acetate (4), skimmiwallinol acetate (5), isoskimmiwallinone (6) and skimmiwallinone (7), along with the previously isolated major components isoskimmiwallin (2) and skimmiwallin (3), have been found in the wax extract of pinnae from Cocos nucifera. Metabolites 4 and 5 were obtained as an inseparable mixture and identified by analysis of spectroscopic data and chemical correlation with 2 and 3, respectively. Metabolites 6 and 7 were identified by GC co-injection with the corresponding synthetic derivatives prepared from 4 and 5.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Química Orgánica, Unidad de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, 97200 México.
authors.forename: Fabiola
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Escalante-Erosa
authors.forename: Gloria E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Arvízu-Méndez
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Peña-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D003059:Cocos / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019441:Plant Epidermis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D013256:Steroids / Q000737:chemistry*; D014885:Waxes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids; D014885:Waxes