Two new pentacyclic triterpenes, mimusopgenone and mimugenone, were is
olated from the seeds of Mimusops elengi and characterized as 2 beta,3
beta,23-trihydroxy-28-noroleana-5,12-dien-16-one and 3 beta,23-dihydr
oxyoleana-5,12-dien-16-one, respectively, based on their spectroscopic
properties.