Two New Cucurbitacin Glucosides, Opercurins A and B, from the Brazilian Folk Medicine “Buchinha” (Luffa operculata)

Nobuo Kawahara; Atsuyo Kurata; Takashi Hakamatsuka; Setsuko Sekita; Motoyoshi Satake

doi:10.1248/cpb.52.1018

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Two New Cucurbitacin Glucosides, Opercurins A and B, from the Brazilian Folk Medicine “Buchinha” (Luffa operculata)

Nobuo Kawahara, Atsuyo Kurata, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Setsuko Sekita, Motoyoshi Satake

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Keywords: opercurin, Luffa operculata, Buchinha, Cucurbitaceae, cucurbitacin

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2004 Volume 52 Issue 8 Pages 1018-1020

DOI https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.52.1018

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Abstract

The structures of two new cucurbitacin glucosides designated opercurins A (1) and B (2), isolated from the fruit of Luffa operculata, have been confirmed by extensive spectroscopic investigation.

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