A new lupane-type triterpenoid fatty acid ester and other isolates from Ophiorrhiza shendurunii.

A new pentacyclic triterpenoid fatty acid ester, lupan-20-ol-3(β)-yl hexadecanoate (1), together with lupan-20-ol-3(β)-yl acetate (2), olean-18-en-3(β)-yl hexadecanoate (3), dotriacontanoic acid (4), stigmasterol (5), rubiadin (6), nonadecanoic acid (7), palmitic acid (8) and camptothecin (9) were isolated from the hexane and chloroform extracts of Ophiorrhiza shendurunii from South India. Structures of the isolates were determined by (1)H, (13)C, (13)C DEPT, (1)H-(1)H COSY, HMBC, HSQC, NOESY NMR, FT-IR, DART-MS, ESI-MS, alkaline hydrolysis, derivatisation, GC-MS and HPTLC analyses. O. shendurunii hexane and chloroform extracts showed significant activities against Candida albicans and Fusarium oxysporum. Compounds 1 to 3 showed only moderate antiyeast/antifungal activities.