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Cajucarinolide and Isocajucarinolide: Anti-Inflammatory Diterpenes from<i>Croton cajucara</i>

Yoshitatsu Ichihara, Koichi Takeya, Yukio Hitotsuyanagi, Hiroshi Morita, Satomi Okuyama, Masami Suganuma, Hirota Fujiki, Mário Motidome, Hideji Itokawa

Planta Medica · 1992 · 39 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Cajucarinolide and isocajucarinolide, two new clerodane diterpenes, have been isolated from the cortices of Croton cajucara (Euphorbiaceae). These compounds possess anti-inflammatory activity and inhibit bee venom phospholipase A2 in vitro.