Five new withanolides, designated as 15-oxo-nicaphysalin B, 6 β ,7 α -dihydroxynicandrenone 10, 24 α ,25 β -dihydroxy-nicandrenone-2 and a mixture of the epimers 17-(1 α /1 β -methylpropanone)- nicandrenone, in addition to six known others, were isolated from the leaf acetone extract from Nicandra physalodes . The complete structures of the five new withanolides, particularly their relative stereochemistries, w...
A new lactone, 7-epi-griffonilide (1), and six known compounds, 2, 3a - 3c, 4a and 4b, were isolated from the leaves of Bauhinia pentandra (Fabaceae). The structures elucidation of 1 and 2 were based on detailed 2D NMR techniques and spectral comparison with related compounds, leading to complete assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra.