Phytochemical And Bioactivity Studies Of Mimusops Elengi L

• Main Author: Amir, Faheem
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: QD1-999 Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/41787/1/FAHEEM_AMIR.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/41787/

Phytochemical investigation of the chloroform extracts of the leaves and bark of Mimusops elengi led to the isolation of spinasterol [15], ursolic acid [18] and 3β,6β,19α,23-tetrahydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid [67] from the leaves, as well as taraxerol [16] and spinasterol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside [39] from the bark. Compound [15] has previously been reported from the bark and seeds, compound [18] has been reported from the bark and mesocarp, and compound [39] has been reported from seeds of the plant.