2005 Volume 53 Issue 12 Pages 1600-1603
Two new megastigmane glucosides, called excoecariosides A and B were isolated from the leaves of a medicinal Vietnamese plant, Excoecaria cochinchinensis LOUR. var. cochinchinensis (Euphorbiaceae) together with seven known compounds. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses and chemical reactions including the modified Mosher's method.