A new oleanane glycoside from the stem bark of Albizia gummifera

  • Fitoterapia. 2001 Feb;72(2):140-5. doi: 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00276-8.
G M Rukunga  1 P G Waterman
Affiliations
  • 1. Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Traditional Medicine and Drug Research, P.O. Box 54840, Nairobi, Kenya. [email protected]
Abstract

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.

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