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Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C Contents Vol. 69c (2014)

Z. Naturforsch. 69c, 363 – 367 (2014)

doi:10.5560/ZNC.2014-0123

Amino Phenolics from the Fruit of the Argan Tree Argania spinosa (Skeels L.)

Karel D. Klika^1,*, Farid Khallouki² and Robert W. Owen³

¹Molecular Structure Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail: klikakd@yahoo.co.uk

²Natural Substances Biochemistry Laboratory, LBSN, FSTE, BP 509, Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco

³Division of Preventive Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460/German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

^*Author for correspondence and reprint requests

Received July 7 / October 23, 2014 / published online November 12, 2014

A new phenolic-type compound containing a nitrogenous, heterocyclic-fused ring from the fruit of the argan tree, Argania spinosa (Skeels L.), is described. This and another already known compound also isolated in the course of the work belong to an obscure and rare class of natural products, the amino phenolics.

Key words: Argania spinosa, Amino Phenolics, Structural Elucidation, Natural Products

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