Nineteen compounds were isolated from the CHCl3 soluble portion of the heartwood of Eucalyptus citriodora. These compounds included trans‐calamenene (1), T‐muurolol (2), α‐cadinol (3), 2β‐hydroxy‐α‐cadinol (4), 4‐hydroxy‐3,5‐dimethoxybenzaldehyde (5), 4‐hydroxy‐3,5‐dimethoxybenzoic acid (6), linoleic acid (7), squalene (8), α‐tocopherol (9), erythrodiol (10), morolic acid (11), betulonic acid (12), cycloeucalenol (13), cycloeucalenol vernolitate (14), β‐sitosterol (15), β‐sitosteryl‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside (16), β‐sitostenone (17), yangambin (18), sesamin (19). Among them, 14 is a new compound. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence.
Four new triterpenes, eupha-7,24-diene-3beta,22beta-diol (1), 20-taraxastene-3alpha,28-diol (2), 3alpha,27-dihydroxy-28, 20beta-taraxastanolide (3), and 3alpha-hydroxy-13(18)-oleanene-27, 28-dioic acid (4) have been isolated from the heartwood of Melaleuca leucadendron. The structures and stereochemistry of 1-4 have been determined by spectroscopic analysis, with compounds 3 and 4 being investigated in the forms of their diacetate (3a) and dimethyl (4a) derivative, respectively.
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