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san·to·nin

(san'tō-nin),
The inner anhydride or lactone of santoninic acid, obtained from santonica, the unexpanded flower heads of Artemisia cina and other species of Artemisia (family Compositae); has been used to effect expulsion of roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), and in the treatment of urinary incontinence.
[G. santonikon, wormwood]
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santonin

(săn′tə-nĭn)
n.
A colorless crystalline compound, C15H18O3, obtained from species of wormwood, especially santonica, and formerly used as an anthelmintic.
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Our aim was to synthesize the new chemical entities derived from santonin with oxadiazole moiety and to evaluate them for the antimicrobial activities.
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Shah, Studies on the Antiinflammatory, Antipyretic and Analgesic Activities of Santonin. Jap.
Furlani, Synthesis and In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of Semisynthetic Derivatives in the Santonin Series.
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Based on various spectroscopic techniques the structure of compound 1 was assigned as (6S7S10S11S)-41011-trimethyl-78910- tetrahydronaphtho[1612-b]furan-312(6H11H)-dione (santonin) which is a known compound [19 20].
Table-3: In vitro quantitative inhibition of urease and lipoxygenase by Santonin.
Lipoxygenase and Urease Inhibition of Extracts of Polygonatum verticillatum Rhizome: Augmented by its Isolated Compound Santonin
The activity of 1 and 2 was more potent than Santonin and p-anisaldehyde whose [ED.sub.50] against C.
Tribulosin and [beta]-sitosterol-D-glucoside, the anthelmintic principles of Tribulus terrestris

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