Cycloartane triterpenes from Euphorbia tuckeyana

Nat Prod Lett. 2001;15(5):363-9. doi: 10.1080/10575630108041304.

Abstract

Investigation of the acetone extract of the whole plant of Euphorbia tuckeyana afforded a new cycloartane-type triterpene named as cyclotucanol. Its structure was established as cycloartane-24-methylene-3beta,25-diol (1). The known cycloartane triterpenes cycloeucalenol (2), 3beta-hydroxycycloart-25-en-24-one (3), cycloart-25-ene-3beta,24-diol (4), 25,26,27-trisnor-3beta-hydroxycycloartan-24-al (5) and cycloart-23-ene-3beta,25-diol (6) were also isolated and identified.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Africa, Western
  • Euphorbia / chemistry*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Hydrolysis
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Triterpenes