The dichloromethane and ethyl acetate extracts from the bark of Garcinia hombroniana yielded lupeol (1), lupeol acetate (2), 3β-acetoxylup-12,20(29)-diene (3), β-sitosterol (4), 22-dehydroclerosterol (5), mangiferolic acid (6), ursolic acid (7), betulin (8), betulinic acid (9), 1,3,6-trihydroxy-7-methoxy-2,8-(3-methyl2-butenyl)xanthone (10), leucodin (11), p-hydroxycinnamate (12), p-hydroxybenz...

A simple, precise and accurate high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for simultaneous determination of β-sitosterol and Lupeol in whole plant powder of Vernonia cinerea Linn. Chromatographic separation of the two compounds was performed on a waters symmetry shield C18 column (150 x 4.6, 5 μm) as stationary phase with a mobile phase comprising of methanol : acetonitri...

The goal of the study was to evaluate the ability of filamentous fungi to biotransform the pentacyclic triterpene lupeol. The microbial transformations were carried out in shake flasks in different media. Experiments were also run with control flasks. Samples of each culture were taken every 24 hours, extracted with ethyl acetate, and analyzed by GC-MS. The biotransformation of lupeol by Asperg...

Triterpenoid There is a growing interest in natural triterpenoids, also know as phytosterols, due to their wide spectrum of biological activities [1] . Triterpenes are a wide-spread group of natural compounds with considerable practical significance which are produced by arrangement of squalene epoxide in a chair-chair, chai-boat arrangement followed by condensation. Triterpense are important s...

Lupeol, a pentacyclic triterpene, possesses diverse pharmacological and biochemical activities including anticancer and antioxidant effects. Abnormalities in the status of glycoconjugates and lipids in the cell results in malignant transformation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of lupeol on cell surface glycoconjugates and lipids abnormalities during 7,12-...

The Arabidopsis thaliana genome-sequencing project has identified the presence of 13 oxidosqualene cyclase homologs in this plant. In addition to the already identified clones, namely, CAS1 cycloartenol synthase, LUP1 lupeol synthase, and YUP8H12R.43 multifunctional triterpene synthase, two new cDNAs of the putative oxidosqualene cyclase genes, F1019.4 and T30F21.16, were obtained by polymerase...

A new clerodane diterpene derivative named crotonoligaketone was obtained from the stem bark of Croton oligandrum along with eight known compounds including crotonadiol, imbricatadiol, crotonzambefuran B, 7-acetoxytrachiloban-18-oic acid, 3-O-acetylaleuritolic acid, lupeol, beta-sitosterol, and stigmasterol. The structures of the isolated compounds were established on the basis of their spectra...

A novel constituent, shamimicin, 1"', 1"""'-bis-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-3,7-dihydroxy-5-O-xylopyranosyloxy-2H-1-benzopyran along with lupeol, which possesses potent hypotensive activity, has been isolated from Bombax ceiba stem bark. BCBMM--one of the most active hypotensive fractions has revealed its adverse effects on heart, liver and kidneys of mice at the dose of 1000 mg/kg/d.