Bioassay-guided chromatographic purification of the antitubercular chloroform extract of Pandanus tectorius Soland. var. laevis leaves afforded a new tirucallane-type triterpene, 24,24-dimethyl-5 beta-tirucall-9(11),25-dien-3-one (1), squalene and a mixture of the phytosterols stigmasterol and