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Four new triterpenoids from Maytenus ilicifolia
Ayumi Ohsaki1, Yoji Imai, Meiko Naruse
1Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan. a-ohsaki.fm@tmd.ac.jp
Journal of Natural Products
|March 27, 2004
Abstract:
Four new triterpenoids with various skeletons, maytefolins A-C (1-3) and uvaol-3-caffeate (4), were isolated from the leaves of a Brazilian medicinal plant, Maytenus ilicifolia, together with five known triterpenoids. Of these triterpenoids only erythrodiol exhibited significant cytotoxicity against KB/S, KB/VJ300, and KU 19-20 cells.
