Genicunolide A, B and C: three new triterpenoids from Euphorbia geniculata

• Alia Farozi,
• Javid A. Banday and
• Shakeel A. Shah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2707–2712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.291

• Alia Farozi Javid A. Banday Shakeel A. Shah Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, J&K, India, Tel.: +91 9906626635 10.3762/bjoc.11.291 Abstract Three new triterpenoids, designated as genicunolide A (1), B (2) and C (3), along with friedelin (4) and

• . Keywords: Euphorbiaceae; Euphorbia geniculata; friedelin; friedelinol; genicunolide A; B; C; pentacyclic triterpenoids; Introduction Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants comprising of about 2,000 members and is found all over the world, ranging from short annual

• , designated as genicunolide A (1), B (2) and C (3), together with friedelin (4) [31] and friedelinol (5) [32], from the ethyl acetate extract of the aerial parts of the plant. Herein, we report the characterization of the three compounds by spectral and chemical methods. Results and Discussion The compounds 1