A new triterpene from Barringtonia asiatica

• Main Authors: Ragasa, Consolacion Y., Espineli, Dinah L., Shen, Chien Chang
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Lecythidaceae > Analysis; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1145
• Institution: De La Salle University

The freeze-dried bark of Barringtonia asiatica afforded a new triterpene: (3,11)-11-hydroxyolean-12-en-3-yl palmitate (1). The bark also yielded mixtures of (3)-olean-12-en-3-yl palmitate (2a), (3)-urs-12-en-3-yl palmitate (2b) and (3)-olean-18-en-3-yl palmitate (2c) in a 2:1:4 ratio; -amyrin (3a),...