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Abietane-type and labdane-type diterpenoids from the cones ofChamaecyparis obtusa

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A novel compound, 8(17),12E,14-labdatrien-19-al (trans-communal), was isolated from ethyl acetate extract of young cones of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.). The chemical structure of the compound was determined mainly with various nuclear magnetic resonance spectral techniques. Its stereochemistry was determined by derivation to a known compound,trans-communol. In addition to this compound, four known compounds — ferruginol, chamaecydin, 12-hydroxy-6,7-seco-abieta-8,l 1,13-triene-6,7-dial, and frans-communic acid — were isolated. All isolated compounds were subjected to an antifeedant bioassay against the pest insectSpodoptera litura. Results of the bioassay showed that chamaecydin and 12-hydroxy-6,7-seco-abieta-8,11,13-triene-6,7-dial had antifeedant activity.

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  1. 2-5-2 Akebono, 277-0841, Kashiwa City, Chiba, Japan

    Jun-ichi Fukushima

  2. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi Bunkyo-ku, 113-8657, Tokyo, Japan

    Mitsuyoshi Yatagai

  3. Department of Forest Chemistry, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, 305-8687, Isrbaraki, Japan

    Tatsuro Ohira

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Fukushima, Ji., Yatagai, M. & Ohira, T. Abietane-type and labdane-type diterpenoids from the cones ofChamaecyparis obtusa . J Wood Sci 48, 326–330 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00831355

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