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The recent isolation of the limonoid-derived compounds cedmiline and cedmilinol from Cedrelopsis grevei and the diterpenoid cneorubin X from Ptaeroxylon obliquum suggests a close relationship between the Cneoraceae and Ptaeroxylaceae families.
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Mulholland, D.A. (2002). Chemical Similarities Between the Ptaeroxylaceae of Southern Africa and Madagascar and the Cneoraceae of the Mediterranean Region. In: Rauter, A.P., Palma, F.B., Justino, J., Araújo, M.E., dos Santos, S.P. (eds) Natural Products in the New Millennium: Prospects and Industrial Application. Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9876-7_17
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