Based on ethnopharmacological literature, 17 species of medicinal plants used in the traditional medicine in Papua New Guinea were collected. Extracts of different polarities were tested in a… (More)
Two new oleanene-type triterpenoids, dillenic acids D and E, have been isolated from the leaves and stems of Dillenia papuana together with the new natural product 3-oxoolean-12-en-30-oic acid.… (More)
Fractionation of the petroleum ether extract from the leaves of Piper gibbilimbum collected in Papua New Guinea afforded four new alkenylphenols, gibbilimbols A-D (1-4). The structures of the… (More)
Bioactivity-guided fractionation of a CH2Cl2 extract from the leaves of Piper aduncum afforded three new dihydrochalcones, piperaduncins A [3], B [4], and C [5], as well as two known… (More)
Three new oleanene-type triterpenoids, dillenic acids A [1], B [2], and C [3], and two known compounds, 3-oxoolean-1,12-dien-30-oic acid [4] (a new natural product) and the lupene derivative… (More)
From the leaves of Stenochlaena palustris five new O-acylated flavonol glycosides, stenopalustrosides A-E (1-5), have been isolated along with five known compounds, kaempferol 3-O-(3'… (More)
Three new coumarin derivatives, compounds 1-3, three new furanocoumarins, compounds 4-6, and a novel dioxocane derivative, compound 7, were isolated from the fern Cyclosorus interruptus (Willd.) H.… (More)
Nine angustine-type alkaloids were isolated from ammoniacal extracts of Nauclea orientalis L. (Rubiaceae). Three of them, 10-hydroxyangustine and the two diastereoisomeric 3,14-dihydroangustolines,… (More)
Exhaustive hydro-distillation of the leaves of Piper aduncum and fruits of Piper gibbilimbum (Piperaceae) afforded colorless and pale orange colored oils in 0.35 and 0.30 % yields, respectively.… (More)