Compounds from Kenyan Meyna tetraphylla

Kinuthia E.W., Mwangi E. M.

Abstract: One Phaeophytin with a phytol side chain (1), one triterpenoid [?-Amyrin (2)] and Stigmasterol (3) were isolated from the Dichloromethane extract of the leaves of Meyna tetraphylla. Their structures were elucidated using NMR spectroscopic methods.

Keywords: Kenyan Meyna tetraphylla, Phaeophytin, ?-Amyrin, Stigmasterol, Leaves