Chemical study of the leaves of Lagerstroemia speciosa in Vietnam

Abstract

The main constituents of the EtOH extract of leaves of Lagerstroemia speciosa supplied by Traphaco company have been quantitatively determined by HPLC to be corosolic acid (2.242 %), asiatic acid (1.219 %) and β-sitosterol. Repeated column chromatography of the n-hexane, ethyl acetate and dichloromethane extract of these leaves led to the isolation of corosolic acid, asiatic acid, quercetin, β-sitosterol and β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl glucoside. The structures of these compounds have been elucidated by the IR, MS and NMR spectral analysis.