Author's Organization:Institut de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (I.R.S.T.), CURPHAMETRA Chemistry Department, University of Nairobi Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, (RIKEN) The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, (RIKEN) College of Science and Engineering, Iwaki Meisei University
The structure and stereochemistry of a novel steroidal sapogenin, pogosterol (1), isolated from the leaves of Vernonia pogosperma has been established from spectral and single crystal X-ray analysis.