Scientific publications
Guy Roland Ebede
Other affiliations: University of Fribourg
Joseph Thierry Ndongo* (Corresponding author)
Dieudonné Emmanuel Pegnyemb
Hector C. M. Kenfack
Christian G. Bochet
Natural Product Research
A new cerebroside, Contortamide (1) together with nine known compounds spegatrine (2), affinisine (3), Nb-methylaffinisine (4), ursolic acid (5), α-amyrin (6), bauerenol acetate (7), lupeol (8), betulinic acid (9) and β-sitosterolglycoside (10) were isolated from the trunk bark of Tabernaemontana contorta Stapf. The new compound 1 showed significant activity against Caco-2 colon cancer cells with the MTT method. Compounds 1–4 and 6–9 were isolated for the first time from this species.
