Studies on Indian Medicinal Plants. Part X. Isolation of Neutral Components from Glycosmis Arborea (Roxb.) DC.

A detailed isolation procedure of two isomeric triterpene alcohols of a new type, viz., (a) arborinol (= arborinol A), rn.p. 274°[α]_D-+- 34.2^° (CHCl₃) and (b) iso-arborinol {=arborinol B), 298-99° [\(\alpha\)]_D +45° (CHCI₃), along with myricyl alcohol, m.p. 89.90°, stigmasterol and \(\beta\)-sitosterol from the neutral frac­tion of the light petroleum extract of the leaves of Glycormis arborea (Roxb.) DC. has been described.