Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
a H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
Abstract:
A new saponin, leucasin, has been isolated from Leucas nutans and characterized on the basis of chemical investigation and spectroscopic studies as 3-O-[β--glucopyranosyl(1→2)β--glucopyranosyl]2,3β-dihydroxylup-20(29)-ene. Lupeol palmitate, sitosterol and stigmasterol were also isolated.