Two lupane and hopane caffeates ( and ) and two hopane coumarates ( and ) along with eight known compounds (-) were isolated from stems and roots of . Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic techniques. The structure of compound was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Triterpenes and- showed cytotoxicity against the NCI-H187 cell line with IC values of 31.5, 28.5, 16.2, and 4.0 µM, respectively. However, these compounds also showed cytotoxicity against Vero cells, with IC values of 75.5, 16.6, 8.9, and 5.0 µM, respectively. In addition, compound exhibited a moderate antimalarial activity with an IC value of 4.5 µM.
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