Limonoids from the stem bark of Cedrela odorata

Nsiama Tienabe Kipassa; Tetsuo Iwagawa; Hiroaki Okamura; Matsumi Doe; Yoshiki Morimoto; Munehiro Nakatani

doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.12.015

Limonoids from the stem bark of Cedrela odorata

Phytochemistry. 2008 May;69(8):1782-7. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.12.015. Epub 2008 Apr 15.

Authors

Nsiama Tienabe Kipassa¹, Tetsuo Iwagawa, Hiroaki Okamura, Matsumi Doe, Yoshiki Morimoto, Munehiro Nakatani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, 1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.

PMID: 18417175
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.12.015

Abstract

Four nomilin/obacunol derivatives and a swietenolide derivative, together with seven known limonoids, were isolated from stem bark of Cedrela odorata and their structures established by spectroscopic methods. Antifeedant activity of the isolated compounds was also tested.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cedrela / chemistry*
Feeding Behavior / drug effects
Larva / drug effects
Limonins / chemistry*
Limonins / isolation & purification
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Structure
Plant Bark / chemistry*
Spodoptera / drug effects

Substances

Limonins