Oleanolic acid in Lardizabala biternata

✍ Scribed by Mario Silva; Pedro Mancinelli

• Book ID: 102399739
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1961
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 93 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3549
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600501122

✦ Synopsis

By MARIO SILVA and PEDRO MANCINELLI Oleanolic acid was isolated and identified as a sapogenin of a glycosidic fraction from Lardizabala biternata. By means of an alcoholic extraction of the dried and pulverized plant an extract was obtained which yielded a water-soluble glycosidic fraction. Acid hydrolysis of this material gave oleanolic acid which was purified and identified.

N CONNECTION WITH a study on saponins of cer-