Bruceolide is a
quassinoid
Quassinoids are degraded triterpene lactones (similar to limonoids) of the Simaroubaceae plant family grouped into C-18, C-19, C-20, C-22 and C-25 types. The prototypical member of the group, quassin, was first described in the 19th century from ...
that has been isolated from ''
Bischofia javanica''. Synthetic
derivatives
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* Brzozowski derivative in the theory of formal languages
* Formal derivative, an ...
have shown ''
in vitro
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'' antimalarial activity.
References
Quassinoids
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