Componentes químicos da madeira de Torresia acreana Ducke

Some compounds present in the wood of Torresia acreana Ducke (Leguminosa, Lotoideae) were identified. Coumarin, vanillic acid, the terpenoids campesterol, stigmasterol, sitosterol, cycloeucalenol, 24-methylene cicloartanol and cycloartenol and some fatty acids chiefly oleic, palmitic and linoleic acids had their presence established by chromatographic and spectrometric methods. The allelopathy of these compounds was discussed.