Institute for Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, D-1000 Berlin 12, West Germany
Abstract:
The investigation of two Brachylaena species afforded in addition to known sesquiterpene lactones and other constituents five new lactones, a germacranolide, a guaianolide and three eudesmanolides. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The chemotaxonomy of this complex genus is discussed.