• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.108-110
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• 1997

A new pentacyclic triterpene acid, elliptic acid was isolated from the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Rubus ellipticus. On the basis of physical evidences coupled with chemical investigations, the structure of elliptic acid was given as, 3,7, 11-trihydroxy ursolic acid.