Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 2010; 76(15): 1751-1754DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249809 Natural Product Chemistry Letters © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Triterpenoids from Two Terminalia Species Wei Wang1 , Zulfiqar Ali1 , Xing-Cong Li1 , Yunheng Shen1 , Ikhlas A. Khan1 , 2 1National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA 2Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article Abstract Phytochemical investigations of Terminalia arjuna bark and Terminalia chebula fruits resulted in the isolation of twelve triterpenoids including two new oleanane type triterpene glucosyl esters, ajunglucosides IV (1) and V (2), from the n-BuOH layer of the MeOH extract of T. arjuna bark as well as nine oleanane-type triterpenoids from the MeOH extract of the fruits of T. chebula. 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