A new aromatic ester from the mangrove plant Lumnitzera racemosa willd

Chemical examination of the Indian-mangrove plant Lumnitzera racemosa Willd has resulted in the isolation of a new aromatic ester besides the known triterpenoids, friedelin, betulin and betulinic acid. The structure of the new compound was established as 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propyl- 3(1)-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)- propionate by a study of its spectral data.