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Chemical structure of brydioside A
Brydioside is any one of several chemical compounds isolated from certain plants, notably Bryonia dioica. They can be seen as derivatives of the triterpene hydrocarbon cucurbitane (C
30H
54), more specifically from cucurbitacin L (23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin I).[1]
They include
References
- ^ a b Chen, Jian Chao; Chiu, Ming Hua; Nie, Rui Lin; Cordell, Geoffrey A.; Qiu, Samuel X. (2005). "Cucurbitacins and cucurbitane glycosides: Structures and biological activities". Natural Product Reports. 22 (3): 386–399. doi:10.1039/B418841C. PMID 16010347.
