Abstract
From an ethanol extract of the stems of Burasaïa madagascarensis Thouars (Menispermaceae) were isolated N-acetylnornuciferine and two clerodane-type diterpenes, one of them, epicordatine,
being new. The structures were established by the interpretation of the spectral data.
All the described compounds exhibited weak antimalarial activity.
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