Isolation of a stilbene glycoside and other constituents of Terminalia sericeae

Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2007 Jun 10;4(4):383-6.

Abstract

The ethanol extract of the root bark of Terminalia sericea yielded an unreported stilbene glycoside, 3'5'-dihydroxy-4-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy) resveratrol-3-O-beta-rutinoside (1) together with known compounds resveratrol-3-beta-rutinoside glycoside (2), 3',4,5'-Trihydroxystilbene (resveratrol) (3), triterpenoic acid arjungenin and a mixture of beta-sitosterol and stigmasterol. Structure determination of the isolated compounds was achieved on the basis of spectroscopic measurements.

Keywords: Terminalia sericea; combretastatin; glycosides; resveratrol; stilbenes.