Jean Claude Ndom
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon
Kouam
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon
Juliette Catherine Vardamides
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon
Jean Duplex Wansi
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon
Alain Waffo Kamdem
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon
Joseph Tanyi Mbafor
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon
Zacharias Tanee Fomum
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon
Abstract
. The study of the secondary metabolites of the chloroform extract of the stem wood of Erythrina sigmoidea afforded a new compound a -sophoradiol (1), and the known compounds: acetate of b -amyrin (2), acetate of oleanolic acid (3), n-isocosanyl-isocosanoate (4), and n-hexatetracontanol (5). Their structures were characterised by spectroscopic methods.
(Received February 12, 2001, revised July 3, 2001)
Bull.Chem.Soc.Ethiop. 2001, 15(2), 151-156