Indonesian Journal of Chemistry (Jun 2010)

ISOLATION OF AN ANTIFEEDANT TRITERPENOID FROM THE SEED OF <i>Barringtonia asiatica</i>

  • Emma J Pongoh,
  • Rymond J Rumampuk,
  • Ponis Tarigan,
  • Anthony J Herlt,
  • Lewis N Mander

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.21873
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 49 – 57

Abstract

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An antifeedant triterpenoid saponin has been isolated from the seed of Barringtonia asiatica and its structure elucidated mainly by two dimensional NMR spectroscopy is identified as 3-O-{[β-D-galactopyranosyl(1→3)-β-D-glucopyranosyl (1→2)]-β-D-glucuronopyranosyloxy}-22-O-[2-(E)-methyl-2-butenyloyloxy]-15, 16,28-trihydroxy-(3β,15α,16α,22α)-olean-12-ene. This compound showed antifeedant activity towards Epilachna sp larvae Keywords: Barringtonia asiatica, saponin, antifeedant