The molecule is 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. It has a role as a metabolite and a drug. It is a polyol and a cinnamate ester. It derives from a trans-caffeic acid.
[(2S,3S)-2,3,4-trihydroxy-3-methylbutyl] (E)-3-[3-hydroxy-4-[(2R,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxy-2-methylbutoxy]phenyl]prop-2-enoate