TITLE:
Polyprenol from the Whole Plants of Leucaena leucocephala
AUTHORS:
Chung-Yi Chen, Yau-Der Wang
KEYWORDS:
Polyprenol, Leucaena leucocephala, Leguminosae
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.1 No.1,
April
8,
2010
ABSTRACT: Ficaprenol-11 (polyprenol) (1), squalene (2), lupeol (3), ?-sitostenone (4), trans-coumaric acid (5), cis-coumaric acid (6) pheophytin-a (7), pheophorbide a methyl ester (8), methyl-132-hydroxy-(132-S)- pheophorbide-b (9) and aristo-phyll-C (10) were isolated from the whole plants of Leucaena leucocephala (Leguminosae). Among them, 1 and 2 was found for the first time from this species. The structure of these compounds were characterized and identified by spectra analyses.