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<b>TRITERPENE COMPOUNDS FROM THE LATEX OF FICUS SUR I.</b>


Sisay Feleke*
Abeba Brehane

Abstract

Two pentacyclic triterpenoids of oleanane and ursene structures have been isolated from the latex of the Ficus sur. The compounds isolated from the latex are naturally acetylated in the 3-position and their structures have been elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic studies.



KEY WORDS: Latex, Ficus sur, Moraceae, Triterpenoids


Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2005, 19(2), 307-310.

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