1. Institute of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University Medical School, H-1444, Budapest, P.O. Box 261 Hungary;2. Central Research Institute of Chemistry, H-1525, Budapest, P.O. Box 17, Hungary
Abstract:
Achillicin, the major proazulene (prochamazulene) of Achillea millefolium L. ssp. collina Becker has been isolated and identified as 8-acetoxyartabsin. It is the first proazulene reported for the genus Achillea and has not been found previously in plants.