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Isolation Of A Stilbene Glycoside And Other Constituents Of <i>Terminalia sericeae</i>


CC Joseph
MJ Moshi
E Innocent
MHH Nkunya

Abstract



The ethanol extract of the root bark of Terminalia sericeae yielded an unreported stilbene glycoside, 3\'5\'-dihydroxy-4-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy) resveratrol-3-O-β-rutinoside (1) together with known compounds resveratrol-3-β-rutinoside glycoside (2), 3\',4,5\'-Trihydroxystilbene (resveratrol) (3), triterpenoic acid arjungenin and a mixture of β-sitosterol and stigmasterol. Structure determination of the isolated compounds was achieved on the basis of spectroscopic measurements.

Keywords: Terminalia sericeae, stilbenes, combretastatin, resveratrol, glycosides.

African Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Vol. 4 (4) 2007: pp. 383-386

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