Quebrachitol, isolated from Hevea brasiliensis latex, can be simply used as a starting material to synthesize chiral drugs with special effect for the treatment of cancer, early ageing, diabetes and AIDS in pharmaceutical drug manufactures.

• 利用巴西橡胶胶乳提取具有旋光性的天然产物白坚木皮醇为植物药物原料,可供制药工业简单而方便地合成无毒、害而有特效的手性药物,用于治疗癌症、老期痴呆症、尿病和艾滋病等疾病。