Kamperdick Christine, Lien Trinh Phuong, Adam Guenter, Sung Tran Van
Institute of Chemistry, National Center for Natural Science and Technology of Vietnam, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
J Nat Prod. 2003 May;66(5):675-8. doi: 10.1021/np020458+.
The leaves of Luvunga sarmentosa yielded two new apotirucallane triterpenoids, 3-epi-skimmiarepin A (1) and 21,23-epoxy-7alpha,21-dihydroxyapotirucalla-14,24-dien-3-one (2), and a new tirucallane triterpene, 3-epi-flindissol (3). Because of a hemiacetal functionality at C-21, all compounds occurred as mixtures of 21-epimers. 3-epi-Skimmiarepin A (1) and 3-epi-flindissol (3) were oxidized to the corresponding gamma-lactones. The structures have been elucidated on the basis of mass and NMR spectroscopic methods.