Chemicals and Drugs

Quassins

A group of degraded TRITERPENES which have lost ten carbons (8 from the side chain, C17, and one from C4) so have C20 skeletons which could be misinterpreted as DITERPENES. They especially occur in plants of the SIMAROUBACEAE family.

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A group of degraded TRITERPENES which have lost ten carbons (8 from the side chain, C17, and one from C4) so have C20 skeletons which could be misinterpreted as DITERPENES. They especially occur in plants of the SIMAROUBACEAE family.

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  • Quassinoid
  • Quassinoids
  • Simaroubolides

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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2003

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  1. D02w.455w.849w.919w.570w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Quassins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D036702. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D036702
  2. Quassins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quassinoid
  3. Quassins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15438649