This work describes the first chemical study of the Brazilian medicinal plant Davilla rugosa (Dilleniaceae) popularly known as “cipó-caboclo”. The hydromethanolic extract of the stems was partitioned between hexane, CHCl3 and EtOAc. Chromagraphic methods of fractions resulted in isolation of friedelin, sitostenone, betulinic acid, narigenin, quercetin and 4’-O-methyl taxifolin. The compounds were identified by spectrometric data analyses.
Davilla rugosa; Dilleniaceae; betulinic acid; flavonoids
