A new triterpenoid from Azadirachta indica.

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Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, PR China.

Published: December 2000

A new triterpenoid, 1 alpha,7 alpha-diacetoxyapotirucall-14-en e-3 alpha, 21,22,24,25-pentaol (1), and the two known compounds odoratone (2) and 2 beta,3 beta,4 beta-trihydroxypregnan-16-o ne (3) were isolated from a methanolic extract of the seed kernels of Azadirachta indica. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral methods.

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