Investigations on plants of West Africa. Part VI. Constituents of Bersama abyssinica Fres. subsp. Paullinioides Verdc. (Melianthaceae)
Abstract
Isolation of a triterpenic acid from the roots of Bersama abyssinica Fres. is described. The acetyl derivative of the acid was shown to be identical with 3β-acetyloleanolic acid.