Mustakone Explained

Mustakone is a tricylic sesquiterpenoid with the chemical formula C₁₅H₂₂O. It is named after the plant it was first extracted from Cyperus rotundus, which had the common name "mustuka" in Hindi.^[1] Mustakone can be found in a variety of plants and their oils like Myrcia sylvatica, Cyperus articulatus,^[2] and Hymenaea courbaril.

Notes and References

1. Kapadia VH, Nagasampagi BA, Naik VG, Dev S . January 1965 . Studies in sesquiterpenes—XXII: Structure of mustakone and copaene . Tetrahedron . en . 21 . 2 . 607–618 . 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)82231-6.
2. Nogueira ML, Lima EJ, Adrião AA, Fontes SS, Silva VR, Santos LS, Soares MB, Dias RB, Rocha CA, Costa EV, Silva FM, Vannier-Santos MA, Cardozo NM, Koolen HH, Bezerra DP . 6 . Cyperus articulatus L. (Cyperaceae) Rhizome Essential Oil Causes Cell Cycle Arrest in the G₂/M Phase and Cell Death in HepG2 Cells and Inhibits the Development of Tumors in a Xenograft Model . Molecules . 25 . 11 . 2687 . June 2020 . 32527068 . 7321242 . 10.3390/molecules25112687 . free .