Kaerophyllin, a new lignan from Chaerophyllum maculatum.

From the methanolic extract of roots of spotted cow parsley (Chaerophyllum maculatum Willd.) a new lignan, named kaerophyllin, has been isolated and identified as A-(trans-3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)- beta-(3,4-methylenedioxylbenzyl)-gamma-butyrolactone. Its structure has been established on the basis of the analysis of UV, IR-, (1)H-NMR, (13)C-NMR and mass spectra.

Study on the chemical nature of sterols contained in Bulgarian sunflower oil.

The free sterols, the sterol esters and the sterol glycosides of the crude sunflower oil as well as those of the technical lecithin, the pitch and the deodorizer distillate of the latter oil were isolated by preparative TLC. The nature of sterols contained in the isolated sterol derivatives was elucidated by GLC and combinded GLC-MS. Major sterols of all examined sterol fractions are sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol, the amount of sitosterol being prevalent.

The photochemistry of purine components of nucleic acids. I. The efficiency of photolysis of adenine and guanine derivatives in aqueous solution.

It has been shown that the quantum yield of the photochemical conversion of adenine and the corresponding nucleosides and nucleoside 5'-phosphates in liquid (pH 5.6 and 2.0) and frozen aqueous solutions do not exceed 10(-4).