Two new taraxerane triterpenes, 2,3-seco-taraxer-14-ene-2,3,28-trioic acid 2,3-dimethyl ester ( 1) and 2,3-seco-taraxer-14-ene-2,3,28-trioic acid 3-methyl ester ( 2), along with two known triterpenes, hopenol B and aleuritolic acid, and five known flavonoids, putraflavone, kaempferol,
BACKGROUND
Ficus species are used in African traditional medicine in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments and diseases such as convulsive disorder, wound healing, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, diabetes, diarrhoeal infections, dysentery, malaria and HIV. The aim of this study was to isolate the