Fossil records clearly demonstrate that the group of trees known as Ginkgoales, of which today
Ginkgo biloba is the sole living member, date back over 200 million years. Ginkgo bilboa …

knowledge of the alkaloids present, and all the pharmacological studies were made with
crude extracts, or preparations. In connection with a study of the botanical and chemical …

In joint studies by Cobb Chem. Lab., Univ. Va, Charlottesville, and Dept Bot., Univ. Vt,
Burlington, a-hexenal was isolated from the products derived from the steam distillation of G. …

N-ß-carbomethoxypropyl-amine (IV) was prepared in the same way in ex-cellent yields by
addition of II to methyl acrylate. The bisesters, III and IV, could be cyclized easily in a …

The content of linolenic acid and its fat-soluble derivatives in Ginkgo leaves has been
determined. By utilization of uniformly 14 C-labelled linolenic acid it has been shown that the …

A number of hydroxy acids were recently investigated in regard to the treatment of urinary
infections. Mandelic acid was the most effective of these, 1 and this was due in part to the fact …

By the action of methyl iodide on/>-nitrophenylazohydroxymethylamine a compound was
formed to which he gave the structure 0206 4 2-(OCH3) CH3. It seemed probable that the …

The first recordedreference to divinyl ether occurs in a paper by Semm-ler1 “On the Ethereal
Oil of Allium Ursinum L.” The divinyl sulfide, which was obtained from the essential oil of this …

In the course of studies of organic derivatives of hydroxylamine it was felt that a comparison
with some analogous sulfenamides might be ofinterest. Some of the sulfenamides with …

By means of GLC and by precipitation as the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone the amount of 2-hexenal
formed from leaves of several plants when ground in two ways was determined. The …