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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 755-758 |
| Journal | Phytochemistry |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1993 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |