Polyprenol from the Whole Plants of Leucaena leucocephala

Abstract

Ficaprenol-11 (polyprenol) (1), squalene (2), lupeol (3), ?-sitostenone (4), trans-coumaric acid (5), cis-coumaric acid (6) pheophytin-a (7), pheophorbide a methyl ester (8), methyl-132-hydroxy-(132-S)- pheophorbide-b (9) and aristo-phyll-C (10) were isolated from the whole plants of Leucaena leucocephala (Leguminosae). Among them, 1 and 2 was found for the first time from this species. The structure of these compounds were characterized and identified by spectra analyses.

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C. Chen and Y. Wang, "Polyprenol from the Whole Plants of Leucaena leucocephala," Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2010, pp. 70-72. doi: 10.4236/jep.2010.11009.

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