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Chatenaytrienins-1,-2 and -3, muridienins-3 and -4 and muricadienin we
re characterized by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in a mixture of n
atural precursors of annonaceous acetogenins from Annona muricata. Cha
tenaytrienin-1, -2, -3 and -4 were then isolated from A. nutans and fu
lly characterized by spectroscopic methods (NMR, MS) and by chemical a
nd enzymatic oxidative processes. Isolation of these trienes confirmed
the postulated biosynthetic pathway leading to the acetogenins. (C) 1
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