Abstract
Combretum species are widely used medicinal plants in Africa and Asia for many medicinal purposes. Several phytochemical investigations of the genus focus mainly on pentacyclic triterpenoids [1,2] and various polyphenols like flavonoids and stilbenoids [3]. In spite of all the earlier work done, there is still lack of data on the chemistry of some of the West African species like C. aculeatum, C. glutinosum and C. micranthum. Herein, we present a preliminary comparative profiling of triterpenoids and stilbenoids from the dichloromethane fractions of leaf and stem bark of C. aculeatum, C. glutinosum and C. micranthum using GC-MS. The terpenoids and stilbenoids were identified by comparing their mass spectrum to those of ursolic acid and combretastatin A4, respectively.
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