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Cyclo-Arthenol: a Minor Constituent of Linseed Oil

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Cyclo-ARTHENOL has been isolated by Barton1 in addition to the corresponding ketone, cyclo-arthenone, from the latex of the Artocarpus integrifolia fruit and afterwards by Spring and co-workers from the unsaponifiable part of Strychnos nux vomica 2,3. These authors have studied its structure and have demonstrated that cyclo-arthenol may be correctly described as 9 : 19-cyclolanost-24-en-3β-ole:

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CAPELLA, P. Cyclo-Arthenol: a Minor Constituent of Linseed Oil. Nature 190, 167–168 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190167b0

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