carnaubadiol

Carnaubadiol is a triterpene that has been found in E. corollata and has antiprotozoal activities.1,2 It is active against L. infantum promastigotes and amastigotes, as well as T. cruzi trypomastigotes (IC50s = 46.2, 7.8, and 14.9 μM, respectively).2 |1. Piatak, D.M., and Reimann, K.A. Plant investigations IV. Corollatadiol A new triterpene from euphorbia corollata. Tetrahedron Lett. 13(44), 4525-4528 (1972).|2. de Almeida, B.C., Araújo, B.Q., Carvalho, A.A., et al. Antiprotozoal activity of extracts and isolated triterpenoids of 'carnauba' (Copernicia prunifera) wax from Brazil. Pharm. Biol. 54(12), 3280-3284 (2016).