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LEUCODRIN, the dilactone C15H16O8 (refs. 1–3), which in the past was used as a remedy for malaria4, has been isolated from the leaves of Leucadendron adscendens by chromatography on a column of finely powdered ‘Perlon’.
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MURRAY, A. Chromatographic Isolation of Leucodrin. Nature 196, 484 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196484a0
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