A cinnamate ester obtained by the formal condensation of the carboxy group of trans-caffeic acid with 2-methylbutane-1,2,3-triol and in which the hydroxy group at position 4 is replaced by a 2,3,4-trihydroxy-2-methylbutyl]oxy group. Isolated from the whole plants of Evolvulus alsinoides, it exhibits characteristics of an Ayurvedic crude drug.
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Any substance which when absorbed into a living organism may modify one or more of its functions. The term is generally accepted for a substance taken for a therapeutic purpose, but is also commonly used for abused substances.