Stereochemistry

Triterpenoid

Alternative medicine

Dammarane

Terpene

Organic chemistry

Triterpene

Lupeol

Medicine

Chemistry

Pathology

Records of Natural Products

A new triterpene ixorene ( 1) with dammarane skeleton was isolated from the lea ves of Ixora coccinea , along with the three known constituents β-sitosterol ( 2), lupeol ( 3) and D-mannitol ( 4). The structure was elucidated on the basis of extensive 1D and 2D- NMR studies and mass spectrometry as 17 β-dammara-12, 20-diene-3β-ol.

Ixorene, a New Dammarane Triterpene from the Leaves of Ixora coccinea Linn.