Title of article :
Isolation of steroids from n-hexane extract of the leaves of Saurauia roxburghii
Author/Authors :
Ahmed, Y. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology - Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh , Ahmed, Y. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Malaysia , Rahman, S. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology - Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh , Akhtar, P. University of Chittagong - Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh , Islam, F. Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) - Drugs and toxins Research Division, Bangladesh , Rahman, M. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Science and Technology - Department of Chemical Science and Food Technology, Malaysia , Yaakob, Z. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Malaysia
Abstract :
General phytochemical screening of the leaves of Saurauia roxburghii (Actinidiaceae) revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, O-glycosides, terpenoids, carbohydrates, steroids, reducing sugar, tannins, phlobatannins and saponin are present in this plant whereas cardiac glycosides are absent. Two steroid compounds were isolated from the n-hexane extract of the leaves from S. roxburghii. Based on the spectral evidence IR, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR, structures were determined to be stigmasterol (1) and β-sitosterol (2) This is the first report so far of occurrence and details spectroscopic description of these compounds from S. roxburghii.
Keywords :
Saurauia roxburghii , Actinidiaceae , Stigmasterol , β , sitosterol
Journal title :
International Food Research Journal
Journal title :
International Food Research Journal
