title: Analysis of Salvia coccinea from Jamaican populations.
abstract: This is the first report of a phytochemical investigation of Jamaican populations of a local folk medicinal plant Salvia coccinea (Lamiaceae/Labiatae). Apart from the presence of 3-sitosterol, phytochemical profiling of the aerial parts yielded compounds other than those previously reported from Indian and Italian populations. The triterpenes betulinic acid and betulin, the phytosterols beta-sitosterol and beta-sitosterol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, as well as the steroid precursor squalene were isolated. The structures of the compounds were established by comparison of NMR spectroscopic data with those reported in literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica. gmartin1@uwf.edu
authors.forename: Glenroy D A
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Reese
mesh_terms: D007563:Jamaica; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000737:chemistry; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010840:Phytosterols; D014315:Triterpenes