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Ozoromide: A New Ceramide from the Stem Bark of Ozoroa pulcherrima

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A new ceramide named ozoromide (1) was isolated from the stem bark of Ozoroa pulcherrima (Schweinf.) R.Fern. & A. Fern. The structure of ozoromide was confirmed by 1D (1H and 13C NMR) and 2D NMR (COSY, HMQC, and HMBC), EI-MS, and HR-ESI-MS spectral data.

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This work was supported by Research Project No. “11-BIO-1871-02” from the National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MAARIFAH) and the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We also acknowledge IFS grant No. 3622/2F to Jatsa-Megaptche.

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  1. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P. O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon

    Christelle Tsague Dongmo & Etienne Dongo

  2. UoN Chair of Oman′s Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, P. O. Box 33, Postal Code 616, Birkat Al Mauz, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman

    Hidayat Hussain, Ghulam Abbas & Ahmed Al-Harrasi

  3. Department of Biology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P. O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon

    Hermine Jatsa-Megaptche Boukeng

  4. Department of Chemistry, Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus, The Islamia Umiversity of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan

    Muhammad Saleem

  5. Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Farooq & Mohammad AM Wadaan

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, September–October, 2017, pp. 786–788.

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Dongmo, C.T., Hussain, H., Boukeng, H.JM. et al. Ozoromide: A New Ceramide from the Stem Bark of Ozoroa pulcherrima . Chem Nat Compd 53, 923–925 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-017-2155-4

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