3.6. S. melanocarpa

S. melanocarpa is a shrub native to the Yunnan region (China) (Talapatra et al., 1983). Talapatra et al. (1983) investigated the extract obtained from twigs of S. melanocarpa and isolated one triterpene, skimmione (taraxerone) 81, one steroid, β- sitosterol 72, and four coumarins, scopoletin methyl ether 26, isoscopoletin 25, umbelliferone 21, and ulopterol 27.