1959 年 79 巻 2 号 p. 265-267
Colorless needle crystals of m.p. 162-162.5° were obtained, together with benzoic acid, from dried leaves of Abies Mariesii MAST. (Pinaceae). The substance agreed in composition to C6H6O3 and properties of its derivatives all agreed well with those of maltol (2-methyl-3-hydroxy-γ-pyrone) described in past literature. Maltol had heretofore been obtained from aciculate leaves of Abies pectinata DC. and trunk bark of Larix europaeae DC., and it was newly obtained from A. Veitchii LINDLEY and Tsuga diversifolia MAST. by the present authors. It was not detected, however, in Abies firma SIEB. ET ZUCC. and from Tsuga Sieboldii CARRIERE.