1983 Native american medicinal plants. anemonin from the horse stimulant Clematis hirsutissima

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volume 8, Issue 1, July 1983, Pages 121–123

Native american medicinal plants. anemonin from the horse stimulant Clematis hirsutissima ^☆

• John R. Kern,
• John H. Cardellina II

doi:10.1016/0378-8741(83)90093-4

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Abstract

Anemonin, the dilactone of cyclobutane-1,2-diol-1,2-diacrylic acid derived from the cyclodimerization of protoanemonin, a known blistering agent, was isolated from Clematis hirsutissima, a plant used by the Nez Perce and Teton Sioux nations as a horse stimulant.

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Part 2 in this series; for part 1, see Kern J.R. and Cardellina J.H., II (1982) Journal of Natural Products, 45, 774.

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