Cedrus deodar

See Cabbage maggots Delphinium, 88-89 Deodar weevils, Cedrus and, 63 Deutzia, 89... 

We then achieved the enantioselective synthesis of (IS, 3S,lR)-96 as shown in Figure 4.47,82 Evans chiral auxiliary was attached to acid A, giving B. Methylation of B and subsequent hydrolysis of the product afforded C. Acid C was converted to D. Then, intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of D furnished E. Methylenation of E with Tebbe reagent yielded the desired (15 ,35, 7/ )-96.82 It was shown definitely that only ( S,3S,lR)-96 is bioactive, while other isomers are inactive.83 It must be added that a-himachalene obtained from Himalayan deodar Cedrus deodara possesses the opposite 1 R,1S configuration. Insects and plants sometimes produce similar compounds with different absolute configuration. 

Processes by which the body reacts to injuries or infections are called inflammations. There are several inflammatory mediators such as the tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) interleukin (IL)-ip, IL-8, IL-10 and the PGE2. In the following the inhibitory effects of some EOs on the expression of these inflammatory mediators and on other reasons for inflammations will be shown. Shinde et al. (1999) performed studies on the anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of the Pinaceae Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Loud, (deodar cedar, Pinaceae) wood oil. They examined the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation of the wood of this Cedrus species for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic... 

Cedrus species have been investigated recently the deodar tree Cedrus deodara has yielded a richer mixture of dihydroflavonols than has the atlas cedar C. atlan-tica (Table 7.5.6) (2). Needle constituents of these two species, as well as of C. libaniy have also been examined, and there are again considerable differences between species. 

Eoberts has examined the cedar oil distilled from the wood of the Deodar tree, Cedrus deodara, a native of the Western Himalayas, which is widely distributed in Northern India. The samples examined were of a reddish colour and characteristic balsamic odour. They had the following characters —... 

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