Manaus, Amazonas

The chemical composition of Amazonian plants (*)

A Catalogue, edited by Setor de Fitoquímica, INPA, Manaus, Amazonas

FAMILY:

MYRISTICACEAE

OcccRRENCE :

Manaus, Amazonas

Sitosterol Pinocembrin

SPECIE:

/ryanthera polyneura

1-(2' ,4 '-dihydroxyphenyl) -3• (3 ",4 "-methylenedioxyphenyl) -propane ( 1 a)

(2 ' ,4'-dihydroxy-3'-mehylphenyl) -3- (2 "-methoxy-4"

-propane

b)

4,2'.4'-t rihydroxy-3-methoxydihydrochalcone (

)

R

= R

= R

= ^R

= ^H

R

=R

= H. R

= Me, R

= 0Me

RO OR

OMe

R=

(2)

REFERENCES :

(1 a) (1 b)

1 . M Elita L. de Almeida, Raimundo Braz Filho M . Vittoria von Bülow João J . L. Correa , Otto R Gottlieb, J. Gui!herme S. Maia and Marce lo S . da Silva. (1979) Phytochemistry (in press) 2. lima, R. A . de, Franca, N. C ., Diaz 0., P. P. and Gottlieb, O . R. (1975). Phytochemistry 14,

1831 .

(•) - Contributions to this catalogue, whlch will be continued in subsequent lssues of this Journal, are invlted and should be submitted to address above.

ACTA AMAZONICA 10(1): 165-166. 1980

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FAMTLY:

LAURACEAE

OccURRENCE :

Manaus, Am3zonas

TRUNK WOOD:

Benzyl benzoate

Cecilin [ 1-p-Hydroxybenzyl-6-methoxy-P-carbo line ]

Me O

OH

REFERENCE:

SPECIE:

Aniba santalodora

Lei la M. G. Aguiar. Raimundo Braz Filho, Ot1o

Gottlieb, J. Guilherme S. Maia, Sonildes

V Pinho and José R. de Sousa. (1979) Phytochemistry 18 (in press).

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