Gamma-Tocotrienol → Tocotrienol

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Both γ-tocotrienol, referred to herein as Compound 1, and δ-tocotrienol, referred to herein as Compound 2, were isolated from a tocotrienol-rich fraction of palm oil using normal phase vacuum liquid chromatography. Compounds 3-29 and 35-44 which are 3,4-dihydro-1,3-oxazines, Compounds 30-31 which are Mannich bases, and Compounds 32-34 which are hydroxymethyl tocotrienol analogs were prepared as semi synthetic derivatives of Compounds 1 and 2.

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