Hypoglycaemic activity-guided fractionation together with chemical analysis led to the isolation of 12-ursene and a novel triterpene 23,24 dimethyl-24-ethyl-stigmast-25-ene from the chloroform extract of the dried stem of A. mexicana. Identification was based on spectroscopic methods. The isolated
Detailed structural study of the major triterpenoids from chloroform extract of Agarista mexicana revealed the presence of new pentacyclic triterpene lactone 3ss-hydroxy-ursan-28ss, 19ss-olide together with four known compounds, 12-ursene, campesterol, stigmasterol, sitosterol. These compounds were
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