title: Sexangulic acid, a new cytotoxic triterpenoid from the Chinese mangrove Bruguiera sexangula.
abstract: A new cytotoxic lanostane-type triterpenoid, sexangulic acid (1), has been isolated from mangrove Bruguiera sexangula. The structure of the new compound was elucidated on the basis of chemical reaction and the analysis of spectroscopic data.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cai-Guo
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chang-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yue-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D043982:Rhizophoraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014315:Triterpenes