Cycloabyssinone, a new cycloterpene from Harrisonia abyssinica

A M Baldé; S Apers; M Claeys; L Pieters; A J Vlietinck

doi:10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00275-6

Cycloabyssinone, a new cycloterpene from Harrisonia abyssinica

Fitoterapia. 2001 May;72(4):438-40. doi: 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00275-6.

Authors

A M Baldé¹, S Apers, M Claeys, L Pieters, A J Vlietinck

Affiliation

¹ Département de Pharmacie, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie-Odontostomatologie, Université de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

PMID: 11395274
DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00275-6

Abstract

A new cycloterpene, 4beta,14-dimethyl-9,19-cyclo-5alpha,9beta-ergost-24(28)-en-3-one (cycloabyssinone) (1), and a known terpene, 3-friedelanone, were isolated from stem bark of Harrisonia abyssinica and identified by spectroscopic methods.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Medicine, African Traditional
Phytotherapy
Plant Extracts / chemistry
Plant Stems
Plants, Medicinal*
Rosales*
Triterpenes / chemistry
Triterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

Plant Extracts
Triterpenes
cycloabyssinone