title: Structures of new monoterpenes from Thai herbal medicine Curcuma comosa.
abstract: Three new monoterpenes, comosoxide A (1), comosoxide B (2), and comososide (3), were isolated from the methanolic extract of the rhizomes of Curcuma comosa cultivated in Thailand. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Seikou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Fengming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D030024:Curcuma / Q000737:chemistry*; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D039821:Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; C534414:comosoxide A; C534412:comosoxide B