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The phytochemical investigation of the methanol extract of the stem bark of Chrysophyllum lacourtianum led to the isolation and characterization of one new secondary metabolite, lacourtianal (1), together with eight known compounds. Compounds 2; 3; 5; 6; 7 and 9 were reported for the first time from Chrysophyllum genus. The structures of compounds 1–9 were elucidated on the basis of 1 D and 2 D NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric data as well as comparison with the literature. The antibacterial activity of the methanol extract, fractions and compounds 1–9 were evaluated against bacterial strains. The methanol extract exhibited moderate activity against Staphylococcus aureus NR4674 with MIC values of 500 µg/mL. The n-hexane fraction showed moderate activity against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 43300 and ATCC 25923) with MIC values of 125 µg/mL and ursolic acid (5) exhibited strong activity against Enterobacter aerogenes CPC and Escherichia coli ATCC 25322 with MIC values of 7.8 and 3.9 µg/mL respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stem barks of Boswellia dalzielii are used traditionally for the treatment of various bacterial infections. A bioassay guided fractionation of the MeOH-CH2Cl2 (1/1, v/v) stem barks extract led to the isolation of fourteen compounds 1–14, identified based on spectroscopic data. Dalzienoside (1) is reported here for the first time. The broth microdilution method was used to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the crude extract, fractions and compounds against six bacterial strains. The crude extract exhibited moderate antibacterial activity with MIC of 250 μL/ml; two fractions showed significant activities with MICs ranging from 7.8 to 125 μg/ml, while α-boswellic acid (2), β-boswellic acid (3), acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (4) from these fractions exhibited strong activities with MIC value of 3.125 µg/mL against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Enterobacter cloacae, Streptococcus pneumonia and Pseudomonia aeruginosa. This study gives insight into the antibacterial constituents of the stem bark of B. dalzielii and justifies its use in ethnomedicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]