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Planta Med 1977; 32(8): 362-367
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1097613
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STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE SEEDS OF STRYCHNOS POTATORUM L. PART I.

Anil Kumar Singh, Durga Nath Dhar*
  • Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P., India
* Present address: Prof. D. N. Dhar, Visiting Scientist, Shemiyakin Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, Moscow, USSR.
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13 January 2009 (online)

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Abstract

The present work has led to the isolation, from the seeds of Strychnos potatorum collected in Dehradun (India) of β-sitosterol, oleanolic acid, 3β-acetoxy oleanolic acid, a saponin glycoside, having oleanolic acid as aglycone and D–galactose and n-mannose as sugar moieties. B–galactose and n-mannose were isolated as free sugars also.