A new triterpene from Salvia coccinea

Department of Chemistry, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan-731 235, India

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Manuscript received 10 July 2002, revised 6 June 2003, accepted 3 July 2003

The benzene extract of the whole plants of Salvia coccinea Linn. has resulted a new pentacyclic triterpene, methyl-1-3β-hydroxy-1-oxo-olean-12-en-28-carboxy late.