Phytochemical Constituents of the Stem Barks of <i>Uvaria tortilis</i>, an Endemic Annonaceae from Côte d’Ivoire

Uvaria tortilis is a lianescent annonaceous species endemic to the C&#244te d’Ivoire where it used treat amenorrhea and as uterotonic. Thus, MeOH crude extract of its stem barks was investigated in order determine chemical composition. A new C-benzyl hydroxlated, uvriatortilisin (1), together with six known compounds, dichamanetin (2), β-sitosterol (3), stigmasterol (4), chamanetin (5), uvaretin (6) (-)-epicatechin (7), were isolated. Structure these compounds elucidated using spectroscopic techniques, including IR, UV, MS NMR (1D 2D). Certain could be considered have chemotaxonomic value.