A new oleanane glycoside from the stem bark of Albizia gummifera.
The stem bark of Albizia gummifera has yielded four triterpenes, lupeol, lupenone, vitalboside-A (1) and vitalboside-A 2'-methylglucuronate (2), the last of which appears to be novel.
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Traditional Medicine and Drug Research, P.O. Box 54840, Nairobi, Kenya. rukunga@yahoo.com
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D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D019685:Rosales; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006027:Glycosides; D014315:Triterpenes; C413246:oleanane; D009828:Oleanolic Acid