Squalene and amentoflavone from Antidesma laciniatum

  • Alembert T. Tchinda Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies (IMPM), CRPMT, P.O. Box 6163, Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • Ayele Teshome Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 30270, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Ermias Dagne Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 30270, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Norbert Arnold Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
  • Ludger A. Wessjohann Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
DOI: 10.4314/bcse.v20i2.61417
Keywords: Antidesma laciniatum, Euphorbiaceae, Squalene, Amentoflavone, (2E, 7x, 11x)-Phyt-2-en-1-ol

Abstract

Squalene, (2E, 7x,11x)-phyt-2-en-1-ol and amentoflavone have been isolated from the extract of the leaves of Antidesma laciniatum. Their structures were elucidated using spectroscopic methods. This is the first report of these compounds from Antidesma species. 

 

KEY WORDS: Antidesma laciniatum, Euphorbiaceae, Squalene, Amentoflavone, (2E, 7x,11x)-Phyt-2-en-1-ol

 

 

Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2006, 20(2), 325-328.

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2006)
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