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Planta Med 1990; 56(2): 227-229
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960932
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Myrianthiphyllin, The First Lignan Cinnamate from Myrianthus arboreus

F. N. Ngounou1 , D. Lontsi1 , B. L. Sondengam1 , M. G. Tsoupras2 , R. Tabacchi2
  • 1Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Yaounde, B.P. 812 Yaounde, Cameroon
  • 2Universitè de Neuchâtel, Institut de Chimie, Avenue Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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1989

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05 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Studies of the methylated ethyl acetate extract of the trunk wood of Myrianthus arboreus (Cec-ropiaceae) have resulted in the isolation of five known pentacyclic triterpenes and a new lignan cinnamate. The structural elucidation of the new compound has been effected on grounds of the interpretation of spectroscopic data and alkaline hydrolysis.

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Myrianthus arboreus - lignan cinnamate - pentacyclic triterpenes - myrianthiphyllin - Cecropiaceae - spectral data