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Planta Med 2009; 75 - P-41
DOI: 10.1055/s-2009-1216479

Chemical Constituents of Terminalia chebula

Z Ali 1, IA Khan 1, 2
  • 1National Center for Natural Products Research and
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, MS 38677, USA

Terminalia chebula Retz., a flowering evergreen tree belongs to the genus Terminalia of the Combretaceae family. Its fruit has been traditionally used for household remedy for human ailments. T. chebulla has been extensively used in Ayurveda, Unani and homeopathic medicine. Though it is a rich source of tannins and other phenolic compounds, some triterpenes and/or their glycosides were also reported from T. chebula [1]. For further phytochemical discoveries we investigated this plant and isolated olanolic acid-derived triterpenes.There structures were determined by spectroscopic methods including NMR and HRESIMS techniques.

Acknowledgement: The work was supported by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Specific Cooperative Agreement No. U01 FD 002071-07. References: [1] Chattopadhyay RR, Battacharyya SK, (2007), Pharmacognosy Reviews, 1: 151–156.