Abstract

ESCALANTE-EROSA, Fabiola; ORTEGON-CAMPOS, Ilka; PARRA-TABLA, Víctor  and  PENA-RODRIGUEZ, Luis M.. Chemical Composition of the Epicuticular Wax of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius. Rev. Soc. Quím. Méx [online]. 2004, vol.48, n.1, pp.24-25. ISSN 0583-7693.

Purification of the wax extract from leaves of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Miller) I.M. Johnston resulted in the isolation and identification of three triterpenoids: amyrenone (1), β-amyrin acetate (2) and α-amyrin acetate (3); additionally two separate fractions containing a mixture of β and α amyrin (4 and 5) and an unidentified number of alkanes, were also obtained. Metabolites were identified by comparing their spectral data with those from authentic samples and/or with those reported in the literature.

Keywords : Cnidoscolus aconitifolius; epicuticular wax; triterpenoids; amyrenone; α-amyrin; β-amyrin.

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