Caraipa densifolia Mart. (Clusiaceae) has afforded the new lupene derivative 3 beta-hydroxy-28-p-coumarolyoxy-lup-20(29)-en-27-oic acid (8), whose structure was deduced by chemical correlation with betulin (6). Simiarenol (1), taraxerone (2), friedelin (3), lupeol (4), betulinic acid (5), betulin
Thirty secondary plant substances were detected in various extracts of the leaves, fruits, stem and bark of Caraipadensifolia Mart. Phenolic compounds were preliminarily identified and quantitated by HPLC-ESI-MS and the structures of the compounds, purified by semi-preparative HPLC, were further