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costunolide
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Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
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costunolide [ isocostunolide ]
an antipyretic; wood oil from tree Eremanthus elaegnus used as chemoprophylactic agent in schistosomiasis; structure
553-21-9
*Sesquiterpenes
Stereoisomerism
Nitric Oxide Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors
Pharma Action
Anthelmintics
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
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Antiviral Agents
;
Enzyme Inhibitors
J Pharm Pharmacol 24(11):853;1972; J Pharm Sci 66(6):883;1977; J Pharm Sci 67(3):347;1978