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SUBMITTER: Afolayan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6181138 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Afolayan Michael M Srivedavyasasri Radhakrishnan R Asekun Olayinka T OT Familoni Oluwole B OB Orishadipe Abayomi A Zulfiqar Fazila F Ibrahim Mohamed A MA Ross Samir A SA
Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents 20180825 10
<i>Piliostigma thonningii</i> (Schumach.) Milne-Redhead. (Leguminosae) is used for various medicinal purposes in African countries. Phytochemical investigation of <i>P. thonningii</i> yielded two compounds newly isolated from natural sources, 2<i>β</i>-methoxyclovan-9<i>α</i>-ol (<b>1</b>), and methyl-<i>ent</i>-3<i>β</i>-hydroxylabd-8(17)-en-15-oate (<b>2</b>), along with 14 known compounds (<b>3</b>-<b>16</b>). Compounds <b>1</b> and <b>4</b> (alepterolic acid) showed potential selectivity tow ...[more]