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Cover Picture: Chemistry and Biology of the Caged Garcinia Xanthones (Chem. Eur. J. 33/2010)
Author(s) -
Chantarasriwong Oraphin,
Batova Ayse,
Chavasiri Warinthorn,
Theodorakis Emmanuel A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201090163
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , garcinia , chemistry , polymer science , biology , botany , engineering , mechanical engineering
Garcinia trees have been used throughout the years as sources of medicines, pigments, gums, waxes, resins, foodstuffs (fruit), fuel (wood, seed oil), and lumber. For instance, the yellow colorant used on 8th century artifacts from East Asia (as shown in the picture) is presumed to be a watercolor based on gamboge, the pulverized gold‐colored resin collected primarily from Garcinia hanburyi. In their Review on page 9944 ff. , E. A. Theodorakis et al. describe a family of compounds derived from gambogic acid with respect to their structures and biological activities.