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Lupane Triterpenoids from Pyrus pyrifolia

  • Yoo, Ji-Hye (College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Yang, Ki-Sook (College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • Received : 2011.12.01
  • Accepted : 2012.03.05
  • Published : 2012.03.31
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Abstract

Three lupane type triterpenoids were isolated from the methanol extract of Pyrus pyrifolia fruit peel through repeated silica gel column chromatography. Based on the spectroscopic methods, their structures were determined to be lupeol (1), betulin (2), and betulinic acid (3).

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