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Balsaminol A or cucurbita-5,24-diene-3β,7β,23(R),29-tetraol, is a chemical compound with formula C
30H
50O
4, found in the Balsam apple vine (Momordica balsamina). It is a cucurbitane-type triterpenoid, related to cucurbitacin, isolated by C. Ramalhete and others in 2009.
Balsaminol A is an amorphous powder soluble in methanol and ethyl acetate but insoluble in n-hexane. It is cytotoxic at about 50 μM.
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