Department of Chemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, FL 32306 U.S.A.
Abstract:
Extraction of Ambrosia cordifolia (Gray) Payne furnished the modified pseudoguaianolides psilostachyin C (I) and cordilin. The latter was shown to be a stereoisomer IV of psilostachyin (II). Dicorea brandegei Gray and D. canescens T. &. G. yielded no crystalline lactone components.