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Showing papers on "Nigella damascena published in 1983"


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TL;DR: The structure of a novel abscisic acid metabolite isolated from cell suspension cultures of Nigella damascena fed [2-14C]abscisicsic acid was identified and its application in drug discovery was proposed.

27 citations


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TL;DR: A new ABA derivative hydroxylated in the 2′methyl group of the ABA ring represents the main metabolite in N. damascena and P. grandiflora cell cultures.

12 citations


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TL;DR: The fatty acid composition of aquilegia seed lipids was a little changed by the germination, and the structures of the 5-olefinic acids were established by the comparison of the retention data in GLC of the cis-5 and trans-5 olefinic acid and their partially hydrogenated products on SP 2300 and SP 2340 liquid phases, and 13C-NMR spectra of them.
Abstract: Open-tubular gas chromatographic analysis (GLC) of fatty acids from the seed lipids of Aquilegia vulgaris (I), A. longissima (II), A. hybriba hort (III), Delphinium Ajacis (IV), and Nigella damascena (V) belong to Ranunculaceae have been carried out. The unusual fatty acids found in I, II, and III were trans-5, cis-9, cis-12-octadecatrienoic acid (t5, c9, c12-18 : 3) (neutral lipids 5659%, and polar lipids 3540% in I and II), t5, c9-18 : 2 (0.52.6%), and t5-16 : 1, t5-18 : 1 and t5, c9, c12, c15-18 : 4 (each less than 1%). These unusual acids have not been found in IV and V. The usual acids, 16 : 0, c9-18 : 1 and c9, c12-18 : 2, were found as the major constituents with the minor constituents, 14 : 0, 15 : 0, c7 and c9-16 : 1, 18 : 0, c11-18 : 1, c9, c12, c15-18 : 3, c11-20 : 1 and c11, c14-20 : 2 in common. The structures of the 5-olefinic acids were established by the comparison of the retention data in GLC of the cis-5 and trans-5 olefinic acids and their partially hydrogenated products on SP 2300 and SP 2340 liquid phases, and 13C-NMR spectra of them. The fatty acid composition of aquilegia seed lipids was a little changed by the germination.

7 citations