title: Canarene: a triterpenoid with a unique carbon skeleton from Canarium schweinfurthii.
abstract: Canarene (1), a triterpene with an unprecedented carbon backbone, was isolated from Canarium schweinfurthii . It is the first member of a new class of triterpenoids, for which the name "canarane'' is proposed. 1 showed weak α-glucosidase inhibitory activity, and its structure was unambiguously deduced by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 47, Yaounde, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Ramsay S T
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kamdem
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wafo
authors.forename: Sammer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yousuf
authors.forename: Zulfiqar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Achyut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasheed
authors.forename: Ikhlas A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Bonaventure T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Ngadjui
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: M Iqbal
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Choudhary
mesh_terms: D017485:1-Deoxynojirimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D029403:Burseraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002163:Cameroon; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D065089:Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D065089:Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; D014315:Triterpenes; C568377:canarene; D017485:1-Deoxynojirimycin