- Communication
New Derivatives of Lupeol and Their Biological Activity
- Hoang-Thuy-Tien Le,
- Quoc-Cuong Chau,
- Thuc-Huy Duong,
- Quyen-Thien-Phuc Tran,
- Nguyen-Kim-Tuyen Pham,
- Thi-Hoai-Thu Nguyen,
- Ngoc-Hong Nguyen and
- Jirapast Sichaem
The natural product lupeol (1) was isolated from Bombax ceiba leaves, which were used as starting material in the semisynthetic approach. Three new derivatives (2a, 2b, and 3) were synthesized using oxidation and aldolization. Their chemical structur...

