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Also known as ginkgolides

thumb|Chemical structure of gingkolide B

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Examples
  • Ginkgolide A
  • Ginkgolide B
  • Ginkgolide C
  • Background
  • Potential applications
  • Spectroscopic studies for the elucidation of the individual structures for the ginkgolides
  • Biosynthesis of ginkgolide B
  • See also
  • References

thumb|Chemical structure of gingkolide B

Ginkgolides are biologically active terpenic lactones present in Ginkgo biloba. They are diterpenoids with 20-carbon skeletons, which are biosynthesized from geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ginkgolide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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