A chemical investigation of the Glyphaea brevis leaves and of the Monodora myristica fruits led to the identification of thirteen compounds, seven linear long-chain aliphatic compounds, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 9-11, three steroids, 3a, 3b, and 7, two triterpenes, 5a and 5b, and one polyol, 8. The compounds 2 and 8, previously mentioned in the literature, are here characterized by their complete (1)H- and (13)C-NMR assignments. This is the first report of a full NMR assignment for linear fatty acid esters of aliphatic primary alcohols and for meso-erythritol. Compound 5b and 8 were isolated for the first time from plant extracts of the Tiliaceae family, and compounds 9-11 from the Annonaceae plant family. Our results constitute the basis for further chemotaxonomic studies on the two species.
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