The buds of Syzygium aromatica yielded two triterpenoid acids, oleanol
ic acid and crategolic acid, and a new phenolic glucoside, orsellinic-
2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, from its methanolic extract. The structure
was elucidated by spectroscopic methods and acid hydrolysis. (C) 1998
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