Fitoterapia. 2001 Feb; 72(2): 140-5.

A new oleanane glycoside from the stem bark of Albizia gummifera.

Rukunga GM, Waterman PG.

Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Traditional Medicine and Drug Research, P.O. Box 54840, Nairobi, Kenya. [email protected]

The stem bark of Albizia gummifera has yielded four triterpenes, lupeol, lupenone, vitalboside-A (1) and vitalboside-A 2'-methylglucuronate (2), the last of which appears to be novel.