Triterpenes from Garcinia hanburyi Hook.f.

Ten triterpenes were isolated from Garcinia hanburyi Hook. f. by silica gel, reversed-phase silica gel column chromatography and semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography. They were identified as betulinic acid( 1 ), α-amyrin( 2 ), lupeol( 3 ), β-amyrin( 4 ), alphitolic acid( 5 ), taraxasterol( 6 ), bauerenol( 7 ), butyrospermol( 8 ), 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl oleanolic acid( 9 )and maslinic acid( 10 ). Compounds 3 and 4 were isolated from this plant for the first time, and compounds 5-10 were isolated from this genus for the first time.