Isolation and structure determination of three triterpenes from bark resin of juvenile European white birch

  • Hannu Taipale
  • , Jouko Vepsäläinen
  • , Reino Laatikainen
  • , Paul Reichardt
  • , Seppo Lapinjoki*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

3alpha-O-Malonyl-12beta-O-acetyl-25-hydroxy-(20S,24R)-epoxydammarane (papyriferic acid) and two previously unknown dammarane triterpenes were identified from diethylether extracts of bark resin from juvenile Betula pendula. H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy showed that a compound appearing often in chromatographic analyses in amounts comparable with papyriferic acid is its 3beta-epimer. The third compound which is abundant in individuals with low levels of the other two compounds was shown to be 3beta-O-malonyl-12beta-O-acetyl-20(S)-hydroxydammar-24-ene (pendulic acid), i.e. an analogue of the 3beta-epimer of papyriferic acid with open and partially reduced C-17 side chain.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)755-758
JournalPhytochemistry
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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