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Phytochemical investigation of the seeds of Butea monosperma

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Phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of the seeds of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. (Fabaceae) led to the isolation of three higher fatty acids, viz., n-docosanoic, n-octacosanoic, and n-dotriacontanoic acids, together with /-sitosterol xyloside and a zingiberene diglucoside, characterized as 3,4-dihydrozingiberen-14-ol-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-/-D-glucopyranoside. All these phytoconstituents were reported from the seeds of B. monosperma for the first time and their structures were established on the basis of spectral data analysis and chemical reactions.

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  1. Phytochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, 110 062, India

    S. Alam, M. Ali, P. Alam & M. Shuaib

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 41–44, January–February, 2010.

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Alam, S., Ali, M., Alam, P. et al. Phytochemical investigation of the seeds of Butea monosperma . Chem Nat Compd 46, 44–48 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-010-9521-9

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