Indian Academy of Sciences
M Nageswara Rao
Articles written in Proceedings – Section A
Volume 57 Issue 2 February 1963 pp 115-120
Crystalline chemical components of the bark ofWrightia tinctoria, Br.
S Rangaswami M Nageswara Rao
The bark ofWrightia tinctoria has been found to contain triterpenes as the major components andβ-sitosterol as a minor component. The former includedβ-amyrin, lupeol and another triterpene alcohol which seems to be new.