A FURTHER NEW EUDESMAN DERIVATIVE FROM BROCCHIA CINEREA DEL. GROWING IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University,Zagazig, Egypt

Abstract

Reinvestigation of the aerial parts of Brocchia cinerea Del. afforded a new eudesman sesquiterpene derivative : 11- Carboxymethyl-6 c- angeloyloxy - 1β, 4α, 8α- trihydroxy eudesm- 11(13)-ene. In addition, three known compounds have also been isolated. The structure of these compounds were established on basis of spectroscopic methods.