Author/Authors :
Ayatollahi, Abdul Majid Department of Pharmacognosy - School of Pharmacy - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Moein, Mahmood Reza Department of Pharmacognosy - School of Pharmacy - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Kobarfard, Farzad Department of Medicinal Chemistry - School of Pharmacy - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Nasim, Shama H.E.J Research Institute of Chemistry - International Center for Chemical Sciences - University of Karachi, Karachi , Choudhary, Muhammad Iqbal University of Karachi - International Center for Chemical Sciences - H.E.J Research Institute of Chemistry
Abstract :
Ethanolic crude extract of I. imbricata Lindl. (Iridaceae) was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel with varying portions of MeOH: CHCl3. Nigicin (irisolone) was isolated and its identification carried out by IR, UV, MS, 1-D and 2-D NMR spectroscopy.