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Bisnortriterpenes from Salacia madagascariensis
Deborah A Thiem1, Albert T Sneden, Shabana I Khan
1Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842006, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA.
Journal of Natural Products
|February 26, 2005
Abstract:
A new bisnortriterpene quinone methide, 20-epi-isoiguesterinol (2), and a new 6-oxophenolic triterpene, 6-oxoisoiguesterin (5), as well as two known compounds, isoiguesterin (1) and isoiguesterinol (4), were isolated from the petroleum ether extract of the roots of Salacia madagascariensis. Isoiguesterin (1) and 20-epi-isoiguesterinol (2) showed potent activity against Leishmania.