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Four sesquiterpenoids (2, 4, 7, and9) have been isolated and characterized from the termiticidal fraction ofDipterocarpus kerrii resin. The major constituent of this resin is α-gurjunene (1).
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Richardson, D.P., Messer, A.C., Greenberg, S. et al. Defensive sesquiterpenoids from a dipterocarp (Dipterocarpus kerrii). J Chem Ecol 15, 731–747 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014715
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