Mi. Garciavallejo et al., NECRODANE (1,2,2,3,4-PENTAMETHYLCYCLOPENTANE) DERIVATIVES IN LAVANDULA-LUISIERI, NEW COMPOUNDS TO THE PLANT KINGDOM, Phytochemistry, 36(1), 1994, pp. 43-45
alpha-Necrodyl acetate and alpha-necrodol are reported for the first t
ime in the plant kingdom as constituents of the essential oils of Lava
ndula luisieri. Their identification was mainly achieved on the basis
of their NMR spectra. Thirty-six other components were identified, the
most characteristic of them being 1,8-cineole, lavandulol and lavandu
lyl acetate. alpha-Necrodol has been previously reported in the defens
ive secretion of the rectal gland of Necrodes surinamensis, a silphid
beetle from Surinam.