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Organic Chemistry International
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 170196, 35 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/170196
A Review on the Chemistry of Eremanthine: A Sesquiterpene Lactone with Relevant Biological Activity
Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro,
23890-970 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
Received 10 December 2010; Accepted 2 February 2011
Academic Editor: Bill Baker
Copyright © 2011 José C. F. Alves. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The several aspects on the chemistry of eremanthine such as isolation, structural classification, biological activity, synthesis, and chemical transformations in other sesquiterpene lactones are described in this review. The main publications on this sesquiterpenolide, from its isolation of natural sources in 1972 to the current days, are included.