Today I'm trying to find out all I can about Withanolides.
These are secondary metabolites found in plants of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) -same family as tomatoes...
So description so far: 28 carbon -steroidal backbones bound to lactones...
MANY of these out there.... well over 400! Do all kinds of things -especially insect and herbicidal... Some have medicinal value.
Here's a neat site of some folks working on these!
Here's a full text pdf article on anticancer properties....
Cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme inhibitory withanolides from
Withania somnifera leaves
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