Matricin is a sesquiterpene. It can be extracted from flower of chamomille (Matricaria chamomilla).[1] Matricin is colorless.

Chamazulene, a blue-violet derivative of azulene, found in a variety of plants including in chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is biosynthesized from matricin.

Biosynthesis of chamazulene (3) from matricin (1) via a decarboxylative pathway.

References

  1. ^ Ramadan M, Goeters S, Watzer B, Krause E, Lohmann K, Bauer R, Hempel B, Imming P (2006). "Chamazulene carboxylic acid and matricin: a natural profen and its natural prodrug, identified through similarity to synthetic drug substances". J Nat Prod. 69 (7): 1041–1045. doi:10.1021/np0601556. PMID 16872141.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matricin
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