Nat Prod Lett. 2001 ; 15(3): 177-85.

Triterpenes from Mimusops elengi.

Jahan N, Malik A, Mustafa G, Ahmad Z, Ahmad S, Anis E, Malik S, Shujaat S, Afza N, Atta-Ur-Rahman .

International Centre for Chemical Sciences, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Pentacyclic triterpenes (1) and (2) have been isolated from Mimusops elengi and assigned structures 3beta,6beta,19alpha,23-tetrahydroxy-urs-12-ene and 1beta-hydroxy-3beta-hexanoyllup-20 (29)-ene-23, 28-dioic acid, respectively, on the basis of spectroscopic studies including 2D-NMR. The compound 1 showed moderate inhibiting activity against beta-glucuronidase enzyme