Departamento de Química Organica e Inorganica, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CP 12200, 60021-970, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Abstract:
The phytochemical investigation of carnauba wax led to the isolation of three new dammarane triterpenoids 1, 2 and 4, together with the known triterpene 3. The structures of the new compounds were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and by comparison with published data for closely related compounds.