Widespread occurrence of syn-alkane-6,8-diols in the flowers of the compositae

Toshihiro Akihisa; Youhei Inoue; Ken Yasukawa; Yoshimasa Kasahara; Sakae Yamanouchi; Kunio Kumaki; Toshitake Tamura

doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00273-8

Widespread occurrence of syn-alkane-6,8-diols in the flowers of the compositae

Phytochemistry. 1998 Nov 20;49(6):1637-1640. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00273-8.

Authors

Toshihiro Akihisa¹, Youhei Inoue, Ken Yasukawa, Yoshimasa Kasahara, Sakae Yamanouchi, Kunio Kumaki, Toshitake Tamura

Affiliation

¹ College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8, Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, 101, Tokyo, Japan

PMID: 11711076
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00273-8

Abstract

Ten tabular- and eight ligulate-flowers and seven flower-heads from twenty-two species of Compositae were investigated for their alkanediol constituents. All of the flowers contained alkanediols in small amounts suggesting their widespread occurrence in these flowers. Twelve alkanediols were identified as syn(R,S and/or S,R)-C(21)-, C(23)-, C(25)-, and C(27)--C(35)-alkane-6,8-diols among which syn-hentriacontane-6,8-diol occurred abundantly in many of the flowers.