Abstract
A new tetracyclic triterpene 9,19-cyclolanost-22(22′), 24-diene-3β-ol, named as nerifoliene (2) along with euphol (1) were isolated from the fresh latex of Euphorbia nerifolia. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral (IR, 1H and 13C NMR, FAB and EI Mass) data.
Acknowledgment
We are thankful to Dr. Vibhuti N. Misra, Director and the Head, FM Department, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, for the encouragement.