CONSTITUENTS OF ERYTHRINA SIGMOIDEA

Abstract

. The study of the secondary metabolites of the chloroform extract of the stem wood of Erythrina sigmoidea afforded a new compound a -sophoradiol (1), and the known compounds: acetate of b -amyrin (2), acetate of oleanolic acid (3), n-isocosanyl-isocosanoate (4), and n-hexatetracontanol (5). Their structures were characterised by spectroscopic methods. (Received February 12, 2001, revised July 3, 2001) Bull.Chem.Soc.Ethiop. 2001, 15(2), 151-156