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David R Katerere

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PubMed2004

Cyclobutanes from Combretum albopunctatum.

A dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Combretum albopunctatum Suesseng afforded five phenolic compounds-three known flavonoids and two novel cyclobutane chalcone dimers. The chemical structures were determined by standard spectroscopic techniques and the structure and relative stereochemistry of one chalcone dimer, rel-(1 alpha,2 beta)-di-(2,6-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy)-benzoyl-rel-(3 alpha,4 beta)-diphenylcyclobutane, were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

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PubMed2003

Antimicrobial activity of pentacyclic triterpenes isolated from African Combretaceae.

Four pentacyclic tritepenes were isolated from Combretum imberbe Engl. & Diels, of which two are novel glycosidic derivatives of 1alpha,3beta,23-trihydroxyolean-12-en-29-oic acid (hydroxyimberbic acid). Terminalia stuhlmannii Engl. & Diels stem bark yielded two glycosides of hydroxyimberbic acid, one of which is reported for the first time. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Several of the compounds had antibacterial activity, imberbic acid showing particularly potent activity against Mycobacterium fortuitum and Staphylococcus aureus.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗