Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Starting with larixol, syntheses of furan and 1,4-enedial labdane-type diterpenes are presented, which has enabled a preparation of hedychenone (20% yield). ... Hedychenone (R = H) is obtained in seven steps (>20% overall). ... Extracts of Zingiberacaea, one of the major tropical ...