Furanolactone
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A furanolactone is a heterocyclic chemical compound that contains both lactone and furan rings in its chemical structure.
Examples include:
- The salvinorins,{{cite journal |vauthors=Harding WW, Schmidt M, Tidgewell K, Kannan P, Holden KG, Dersch CM, Rothman RB, Prisinzano TE | year = 2006 | title = Synthetic studies of neoclerodane diterpenes from Salvia divinorum: selective modification of the furan ring | journal = Bioorg Med Chem Lett | volume = 16 | issue = 12 | pages = 3170–4 | doi=10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.03.062}} including the hallucinogenic compound salvinorin A
- Columbin, a bitter diterpenoid from Calumbae Radix{{cite journal |vauthors=Kohno H, Maeda M, Tanino M, Tsukio Y, Ueda N, Wada K, Sugie S, Mori H, Tanaka T | year = 2002 | title = A bitter diterpenoid furanolactone columbin from Calumbae Radix inhibits azoxymethane-induced rat colon carcinogenesis | journal = Cancer Lett | volume = 183 | issue = 2 | pages = 131–139 | doi=10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00159-3}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Swaminathan K, Sinha UC, Ramakumar S, Bhatt RK, Sabata BK | year = 1989 | title = Structure of columbin, a diterpenoid furanolactone from Tinospora cordifolia Miers | journal = Acta Crystallogr C | volume = 45 | issue = Pt 2 | pages = 300–303 | doi=10.1107/s0108270188010583| url = http://journals.iucr.org/c/issues/1989/02/00/al0293/al0293.pdf }}
- Limonoids such as limonin, nomilin, and nomilinic acid
- Tinosporide, a diterpenoid originally isolated from Tinospora cordifolia{{cite journal | pmid = 2610955 | year = 1989 | last1 = Swaminathan | first1 = K. | last2 = Sinha | first2 = U. C. | last3 = Bhatt | first3 = R. K. | last4 = Sabata | first4 = B. K. | last5 = Tavale | first5 = S. S. | title = Structure of tinosporide, a diterpenoid furanolactone from Tinospora cordifolia Miers | journal = Acta Crystallographica Section C | volume = 45 | issue = 1 | pages = 134–136 | doi = 10.1107/s0108270188009953 | bibcode = 1989AcCrC..45..134S }}