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Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C Contents Vol. 69c (2014)

Z. Naturforsch. 69c, 181 – 185 (2014)

doi:10.5560/ZNC.2013-0207

Chemical Constituents of Croton oligandrum (Euphorbiaceae)

Destaing F. Abega¹, Deccaux W. F. G. Kapche^2,*, Patrick Y. Ango¹, Renameditswe Mapitse³, Samuel O. Yeboah³, and Bonaventure T. Ngadjui^1,*

¹Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P. O. Box +(237) 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Fax: +237-22-235396. E-mail: ngadjuibt@yahoo.fr

²Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training School, University of Yaoundé I, P. O. Box +(237) 47, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Fax: +237-22-235396. E-mail: dkapche2002@yahoo.com

³Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Botswana, P. Bag 00704, Gaborone, Botswana

^*Authors for correspondence and reprint requests

Received December 30, 2013 / February 22, 2014 / published online June 5, 2014

A new clerodane diterpene derivative named crotonoligaketone was obtained from the stem bark of Croton oligandrum along with eight known compounds including crotonadiol, imbricatadiol, crotonzambefuran B, 7-acetoxytrachiloban-18-oic acid, 3-O-acetylaleuritolic acid, lupeol, β-sitosterol, and stigmasterol. The structures of the isolated compounds were established on the basis of their spectral data and by comparison with those reported in the literature.

Key words: Crotonoligaketone, Euphorbiaceae, Croton oligandrum

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