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A furanolactone is a heterocyclic
chemical compound A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. A molecule consisting of atoms of only one ele ...
that contains both a
lactone Lactones are cyclic carboxylic esters, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure (), or analogues having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring. Lactones are formed by intramolecular esterification of the co ...
and a furan ring structure. Examples include: * The salvinorins, including the hallucinogenic compound salvinorin A * Columbin, a bitter diterpenoid from '' Calumbae Radix'' * Limonoids such as limonin, nomilin, and nomilinic acid * Tinosporide, a diterpenoid originally isolated from '' Tinospora cordifolia''


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{{reflist Lactones 3-Furyl compounds