Hypoglycemic potential of triterpenes from alstonia scholaris

• Main Authors: Ragasa, Consolacion Y., Lim, Kosta Fremmielle C., Shen, Chien Chang, Raga, Dennis D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Apocynaceae; Terpenes; Betulin; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1594; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2593/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

A dichloromethane extract of air-dry leaves of Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. contains a mixture of cycloeucalenol (1a), cycloartanol (1b) and lupeol (1c); lupeol acetate (2); and betulin (3). The structures of these triterpenes were elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and confirmed b...