Compounds from Litsea japonica

Kaneko and M. Harada, Agric. and Biol. Chem. Japan), 1972, 36, 658. 

Constituents of Alnus pendtda.— The structure (215) proposed for a new arylpolyene ketone named alnustone , isolated from flowers of male catkins of Alnus pendultP, has been confirmed by synthesis.  

Constituents of Bartlett Pears.— The synthesis of ethyl and methyl E-2,Z-6-dodecadienoates, two constituents of Bartlett pears, has been described these esters have proved essential to the reconstruction of good pear flavour. 

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Takeda K, Sakurai K, Ishii H 1972 Components of the Lauraceae family. I. New lactonic compounds from Litsea japonica. Tetrahedron 28 3757-3766... 

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