2008 Volume 56 Issue 7 Pages 915-920
Four dammarane-type, three lupane-type, and an oleanane-type triterpenes named foliasalacins A1 (1), A2 (2), A3 (3), A4 (4), B1 (5), B2 (6), B3 (7), and C (8) were isolated from the leaves of Salacia chinensis LINN. collected in Thailand. The structures of new triterpene constituents (1—8) were characterized on the basis of chemical and physiochemical evidence.