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Eclalbatin, a triterpene saponin from Eclipta alba
R K Upadhyay1, M B Pandey, R N Jha
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Journal of Asian Natural Products Research
|August 9, 2001
Abstract:
From the whole plant of Eclipta alba, a new triterpene saponin, named eclalbatin, together with alpha-amyrin, ursolic acid and oleanolic acid were isolated. The structure of eclalbatin has been established as 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-3-beta-hydroxy-olean-12-en-28-oic acid, 28-O-beta-D-arabinopyranoside (1) on the basis of chemical and spectral data.