1. Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K.
Abstract:
A series of tirucallane (piscidinol A and B) and apotirucallane (piscidinol C–E) derivatives has been isolated from the leaves of Walsura piscidia. The fruit yielded a new tetranortriterpenoid, piscidofuran. The structures were assigned on the basis of 1H NMR and 13C NMR evidence.