Croton schiedeanus
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Croton schiedeanus is a plant species native from Mexico
to tropical South America.
C schiedeanus is known to contain the flavonol ayanin
and cis-clerodane diterpenoid
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Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
to tropical South America.
C schiedeanus is known to contain the flavonol ayanin
Ayanin
Ayanin is a O-methylated flavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is the 3,7,4'-tri-O-methylation of quercetin.It can be found in Croton schiedeanus...
and cis-clerodane diterpenoid
Clerodane diterpene
A clerodane diterpene is a compound terpene derivative, more precisely a bicyclic diterpenoid. It is rather a rare form of diterpenoid and is structurally related to the bicyclic diterpenoids labdane and ginkgolide. Its biosynthesis in plants takes place in the chloroplasts...
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