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From the roots ofAjuga turkestanica (Rg1.) Briq. family Labiatae a new phytoecdysone — turkesterone — has been isolated. It has been shown that it is 11α20R-dihydroxyecdysone.
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Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 466–470, July–August, 1975.
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Usmanov, B.Z., Gorovits, M.B. & Abubakirov, N.K. Phytoecdysones ofAjuga turkestanica. III. The structure of turkesterone. Chem Nat Compd 11, 484–487 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566790
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