The hexane extract of the bark of Garcinia vilersiana from Vietnam containe
d four triterpenoids (olean-12-ene-3 beta,11 alpha-diol, lupeol, beta-amyri
n and oleanolic acid), and six xanthones (globuxanthone, subelliptenone H,
subelliptenone B, 12b-hydroxy-des-D-garcigerrin A, 1-O-methylglobuxanthone
and symphoxanthone). The structure of 1-O-methylglobuxanthone, the only nov
el compound, was determined using 1D and 2D NMR techniques and by correlati
on with globuxanthone. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.