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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS

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agricultural and biological sciences

Cucurbitane triterpenoids from the leaves of Momordica foetida

Phytochemistry, Volume 45, No. 2, Year 1997

The chloroform extract of the leaves of Momordica foetida has yielded 3β, 7β, 23ζ-trihydroxycucurbita-5,24-dien-19-al, 3β, 7β; 25- trihydroxycucurbita-5,23-dien-19-al and 3β,7β-dihydroxy-25- methoxycucurbita-5,23-dien-19-al and the novel compounds 5β,19-epoxy-25- methoxycucurbita-6,23-diene-3β, 19-diol, 5β, 19-epoxycucurbita-6,23-diene- 3β,19,25-triol, 5β,19-epoxy-19-methoxycucurbita-6,23-diene-3β,25-diol, 5β, 19-epoxy-19,25-dimethoxycucurbita-6,23-dien-3β-ol and 5β,19-epoxy-25- methoxy-cucurbita-6,23-dien-3β-ol.
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