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Balsaminol B

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Balsaminol B

Balsaminol B or 7β-methoxycucurbita-5,24-diene-3β,23(R),29-triol, is a chemical compound with formula C
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, 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 B 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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