taxodone
Sign in to saveTaxodone is a naturally occurring diterpenoid found in Taxodium distichum (bald cypress), Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary), several salvia species and other plants, along with its oxidized rearrangement product, taxodione. Taxodone and taxodione exhibit anticancer, antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal, insecticide, and antifeedant activities.
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- Mass
- 316.203845
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- chemical formula
- C₂₀H₂₈O₃
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)C1=CC2=CC(C3C(CCCC3(C2=C(C1=O)O)C)(C)C)O
- found in taxon
- Salvia munzii
- isomeric SMILES
- CC(C)C1=CC2=C[C@@H]([C@@H]3[C@@](C2=C(C1=O)O)(CCCC3(C)C)C)O
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- Taxodone
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Taxodone is a naturally occurring diterpenoid found in Taxodium distichum (bald cypress), Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary), several salvia species and other plants, along with its oxidized rearrangement product, taxodione. Taxodone and taxodione exhibit anticancer, antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal, insecticide, and antifeedant activities.
==Discovery== Taxodone was first isolated in 1968 from the seeds of Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) by S. Morris Kupchan and coworkers. They reported the structure determination and basic chemistry of taxodone and its oxidized rearrangement product, taxodione. Taxodone occurs naturally in the form of (+)-taxodone.
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