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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Phytochemical investigations of Vernonia galamensis seeds
Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Volume 46, No. 5, Year 2010
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Vernonia galamensis is a new potential industrial oil seed crop for semiarid areas with very high content of naturally epoxidized vernolic acid (80% of the oil). Chemical investigation of the seeds of Vernonia galamensis afforded two compounds, which are vernolic acid derivatives. Their structures were established by various spectroscopic techniques: IR, UV, NMR, and 2D NMR spectra (COSY, HSQC, and HMBC), and by comparison with literature data for the known compound methylvernolate. The cis-(12S,13R)-(3-methylpentyl) vernolate (1) and the cis-(12S,13R)-(2,3-propanediol) vernolate (2) were isolated and characterized. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fiseha, Ashebir
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Tadesse, Mekuria
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia Health Nutrition Research Institute
Bekele, Tesfaye
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia Health Nutrition Research Institute
Bedemo, Belete
Ethiopia, Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar University
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Citations: 4
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
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Doi:
10.1007/s10600-010-9717-z
e-ISSN:
15738388