1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt;2. Institute for Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, D-1000 Berlin 12, West Germany
Abstract:
The aqueous extract of the leaves of Cynara sibthorpiana afforded a terpenoid alcohol vomifoliol (= blumenol A) and three guaianolide sesquiterpene lactones, namely the cytotoxic zaluzanin-C, solstitalin and a new guaianolide named as sibthorpine.