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Tirucalla‐7,24‐dienol: A new triterpene alcohol from tea seed oil
Author(s) -
Itoh T.,
Tamura T.,
Matsumoto T.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532833
Subject(s) - triterpene , terpene , alcohol , chemistry , theaceae , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , botany , biology , camellia sinensis , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Abstract A new triterpene alcohol is isolated from tea ( Thea sinensis , Theaceae) seed oil, and its structure is shown to be 5α‐tirucalla‐7,24‐dien‐3β‐ol. This triterpene alcohol is considered to be a possible biogenetic precursor to the meliane and meliacan series of oxygenated triterpenes. Gas liquid chromatographic and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic correlations between euphane and tirucallane series triterpenes also are discussed.