Steroids from the Whole Plants of Leucaena Leucocephala
Chung-Yi Chen, Yau-Der Wang
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DOI: 10.4236/ajac.2010.11004   PDF    HTML     5,236 Downloads   10,059 Views   Citations

Abstract

Four steroids, 5α,8α-epidioxy-(24ξ)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (1), β-sitosterol (2), β-sitostenone (3), and stigmastenone (4), along with 10 known compounds were isolated from the whole plants of Leucaena leucocephala (Leguminosae). 1, Lupeol (5), 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-oleoylglycerol (6), methylparabene (8) and isovanillic acid (9) were found for the first time from the species. The structure of these compounds were characterized and identified by spectra analyses.

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C. Chen and Y. Wang, "Steroids from the Whole Plants of Leucaena Leucocephala," American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2010, pp. 31-33. doi: 10.4236/ajac.2010.11004.

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