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Enantiospecific Synthesis and Biological Investigations of a Nuphar Alkaloid: Proposed Structure of a Castoreum Component (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 18/2014)
Author(s) -
Seki Hajime,
Georg Gunda I.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201490048
Subject(s) - beaver , affinities , chemistry , component (thermodynamics) , cover (algebra) , alkaloid , stereochemistry , zoology , ecology , biology , physics , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The cover picture shows the fictional scenery of a beaver's habitat in ancient Greece and Rome. The scent glands of beavers (castoreum) were used as therapeutics to treat various illnesses in ancient Greece and Rome. Based on our synthetic study, the compound at the center of the image is a suggested minor component from beavers, which showed affinities to three CNS receptors. Details of the work are discussed in the article by H. Seki and G. I. Georg on p. 3777 ff. We acknowledge Mariko Seki for the exquisite cover picture.