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Roxburghiadiol A and roxburghiadiol B, two 14 alpha-methylsterols from Aglaia roxburghiana
K Balakrishna1, A B Kundu, A Patra
1Captain Srinivasa Murti Drug Research Institute for Ayurveda, Madras, India.
Abstract:
Two new 14 alpha-methylsterols, roxburghiadiol A and roxburghiadiol B, were isolated from the leaves and fruits of Aglaia roxburghiana. Previously their structures were tentatively assigned as 4-bisnormethyl-24-methylene-cycloarta-3 beta, 7 alpha-diol and 4-bisnormethyl-24-methylene-cycloarta-3 beta, 6 alpha-diol, respectively. A reinvestigation using 2D-nmr technique has confirmed the structure 2 for roxburghiadiol B as previously reported, and roxburghiadiol A is now found to be the corresponding 6 beta epimer 1.
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