Published February 28, 2011
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Lupeol, a pharmaceutically potent triterpenoid, from the ripe fruits of Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. (Apocynaceae)
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Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731 235,
West Bengal, India
E-mail : brahmg2001@yahoo.co.in
Manuscript received 16 December 2009, accepted 07 July 2010
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Linn. (Apocynaceae) has been established as new source or lupeol characterized on the basis of detailed spectral studies including 1D and 2D NMR; cold alcoholic extract of the ripe fruits or the plant yielded the pharmaceutically potent triterpenoid.