Résumé
As a continuation of our current investigations on bioactive compounds from the Cameroonian Drypetes genus [1–3], eight new triterpenoids ( 1 - 8 ) were isolated from the methanol extract of three species of Cameroonian Drypetes . Drypetes paxii afforded 1 , 2 , Drypetes tessmanniana afforded 3 , 4 and Drypetes inaequalis afforded 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) Their structures were characterised on the basis of spectroscopic methods and chemical evidence. Acknowledgements : Authors are grateful for the financial support from IFS (International Foundation for Science), grant N° F 2624/3F . References:1. Chungag-Anye, NB. et al. (2001) Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Letters 11:61. 2. Chungag-Anye, NB. et al. (2002) Pharmaceutical Biology 41:26. 3. Wansi, JD. et al. (2007) BLACPMA, 6:5.