1. Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany, Stop No. 166, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.
Abstract:
The investigation of the aerial parts of a variety of Enhydra fluctuans afforded in addition to 4-hydroxyfarnesyl acetate and fluctuadin five new melampolides elucidated by high field 1H NMR spectroscopy. The chemotaxonomic situation is discussed briefly.