Prostratin

Prostratin is a protein kinase C activator found in the bark of the mamala tree of Samoa, Homalanthus nutans (Euphorbiaceae). While prostratin was originally isolated and identified as a new phorbol from species of the genus Pimelea (Thymelaceae) in Australia, the antiviral activity of prostratin was discovered during research on the traditional knowledge of Samoan healers in Falealupo village by ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox and a team at the U.S.... More
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Formula:

  • C22H30O6

Structure (SMILES):

  • CC1CC2(C(C2(C)C)C3C1(C4C=C(C(=O)C4(CC(=C3)CO)O)C)O)OC(=O)C
    • ,
  • O=C1C(=C/[C@H]2[C@]3(O)[C@@H](/C=C(/CO)C[C@]12O)[C@H]4[C@@](OC(=O)C)(C[C@H]3C)C4(C)C)C

Average Molar Mass:

  • 390.47 g/mol

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