Talk:Kavalactone

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[edit] Lactones

6 are known, what percentages are in kava. What are their names, what do the molecules look like? The article doesn't say... heres 3 of the kavalactones. Needs expansion. --x1987x^(talk) 04:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Probably "(+)-methysticin, (+)-dihydromethysticin, (+)-kavain, (+)-dihydrokavain, yangonin, and desmethoxyyangonin" (http://www.atypon-link.com/AOAC/doi/abs/10.5555/jaoi.2005.88.1.16?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jaoi). It'd be nice if someone knew what they did. On the main page desmethoxyyangonin is identified as a reversible mao-b inhibitor. I'd like to know what the other 5 do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.182.186.219 (talk) 08:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Last three chemical structures

Looking at the last 3 structures of kavalactones, by their substitution there seems to be no difference between them...could there be a mistake here, or is there some sort of sterics thing I'm missing here? 71.198.247.119 17:14, 15 August 2007 (UTC)