Planta Med 1996; 62(5): 474-476
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957945
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A New Sesquiterpene Lactone from Elephantopus mollis

Paul Pui-Hay But1 , 2 , Po-Ming Hon1 , Hui Cao1 , 2 , Chun-Tao Che1 , 3
  • 1Chinese Medicinal Material Research Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
  • 2Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
  • 3Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, N.T., Hong Kong
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Publication History

1996

1996

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

A methanolic extract of the whole plant of Elephantopus mollis was found to contain lupeol, lupeol acetate, epifriedelinol, molephantin, and 2-de-ethoxy-2-methoxyphantomolin, as well as a new sesquiterpene lactone determined to be 2-de-ethoxy-2-hydroxyphantomolin.

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