Conduritol

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Conduritols (1,2,3,4-cyclohexenetetrol) are cyclic polyols.[1] There are 6 optical isomers called A, B, C, D, E, F, but in nature only A and B can be found. The first conduritol was isolated in 1908 by Kübler from the bark of the vine Marsdenia condurango, so he named it conduritol. A number of conduritol derivatives has antifeedant, antibiotic, antileukemic, and growth-regulating activity. Also some conduritol derivatives show interesting biological properties including tumour-inhibitory, antileukaemic, and antibiotic activities.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Tetrahedron, Vol 46, No 11, 3715 - 3742, 1990.


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