Novel Trisaccharide Fatty Acid Ester Identified from the Fruits of Morinda citrifolia (Noni).

Journal Agricultural Food Chemistry, 47:(12):4880-4882, 1999
Novel Trisaccharide Fatty Acid Ester Identified from the Fruits of Morinda citrifolia (Noni).
Wang, M., Kikuzaki, H., Csiszar, K., Boyd, C.D., Maunakea, A., Fong, S.F., Ghai, G., Rosen, R.T., Nakatani, N., Ho, C.T.

Two known glycosides and a novel trisaccharide fatty acid ester were isolated from Morinda citrifolia (noni) fruit. The novel trisaccharide fatty acid ester was 2,6-di-O- (beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-1-O-octanoyl-beta-D-glucopyranose. The known compounds were rutin and asperulosidic acid.