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10.4314/bcse.v18i2.61453
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Meiocarpidium lepidotum Annonaceae lignan

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2004)
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Meiocarpin: A novel lignan from the stem bark of Meiocarpidium lepidotum (Annonaceae)


Silvere Ngouela
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Guy Feuya
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Jean C. Tchouankeu
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Gaston Achoundong
National Herbarium, P.O. Box 1601, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Raymond B.T. Zambou
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Etienne Tsamo
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Joseph D. Connolly
Department of Chemistry, The University, Glasgow G 12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K.

Abstract

A new lignan, meiocarpin, and the known compounds, sitosterol and polycarpol, have been isolated from the stem bark of Meiocarpidium lepidotum, Annonaceae. The structure of the new compound was elucidated on the basis of its spectroscopic data.

 

KEY WORDS: Meiocarpidium lepidotum, Annonaceae, lignan

 

 

Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2004, 18(2), 221-224.

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