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Bitter substances of cucumbers

I. Partial structure of cucurbitacide E

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Five tetracyclic triterpene glycosides — cucurbitacides — have been found in cucumber seeds.

The partial structure of cucurbitacide E has been established: it is a trioside of cucurbitacin B.

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  1. P. K. Kintya
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  2. N. E. Isaeva
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  3. V. Ya. Chirva
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  4. G. V. Lazur'evskii
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Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 306–309, May–June, 1972.

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Kintya, P.K., Isaeva, N.E., Chirva, V.Y. et al. Bitter substances of cucumbers. Chem Nat Compd 8, 303–305 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563735

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