Abstract
An ethanolic extract of the dried flower petals of Argemone mexicana afforded a new and optically active secondary C31-alkanediol characterised as hentriacontane-3,20-diol on the basis of spectroscopic studies including IR, HRMS, 1H and 13C NMR.
Keywords
References
1.
Chopra R.N.
,
Nayar S.L.
, and
Chopra I.C.
, Glossary of Indian medicinal plants , NISCOM , CSIR, New Delhi , 1956 , pp. 23 .
2.
Ambasta S.P.
, The useful plants of India , PID, CSIR , New Delhi , 1986 , pp. 51 .
3.
Prajapati N.D.
,
Purohit S.S.
,
Sharma A.K.
, and
Kumar T.
, A handbook of medicinal plants , Agrobios , Jodhpur, India , 2003 , pp. 59 –60 .
4.
http://www.pharmainfo.net/reviews/argemone-mexicana-linn-ghamoya-weed-having-great-therapeutic-values-folk-remedies (accessed on 8 August 2010 ).
5.
Sukumar D.
,
Nambi R.A.
, and
Sulochana N.
, Fitoterapia , 1984 , 55 , 325 .
6.
Rahaman M.M.
,
Alam M.J.
,
Sharmin S.A.
,
Rahaman M.M.
,
Rahaman A.
, and
Alam M.M.
, CMU. J. Nat. Sci. , 2009 , 8 , 77 .
7.
Ghosh T.
,
Dash G.K.
,
Bose A.
, and
Panda B.R.
, Indian J. Nat. Prod. , 2005 , 20 , 3 .
8.
Ito C.
, and
Furukawa H.
, Fitoterapia , 1990 , 61 , 67 .
9.
Uddin S.J.
,
Grice D.
, and
Tiralongo E.
, eCAM , doi: 10.1093/ecam/nep111.
10.
Das S.
, and
Sukul N.C.
, Environ. Ecol. , 1988 , 6 , 194 .
11.
Nath R.
,
Khan M.N.
,
Kamalwanshi R.S.
, and
Diwedi R.P.
, Indian J. Nematol. , 1982 , 12 , 205 .
12.
Shaukat S.S.
,
Siddiqui I.A.
,
Khan G.H.
, and
Zaki M.J.
, Plant Soil , 2002 , 245 , 239 .
13.
Katole S.R.
, and
Mundiwale S.K.
, Indian J. Entomol. , 1992 , 45 , 15 .
14.
Saleh M.A.
,
Rahman F.H.A.
,
Ibrahim N.A.
, and
Taha N.M.
, J. Chem. Ecol. , 1987 , 13 , 1361 .
15.
Asthana A.
,
Mall H.V.
,
Dixit K.
, and
Gupta S.
, Int. J. Crude Drug Res. , 1989 , 27 , 25 .
16.
Shah N.H.
,
Khan I.M.
, and
Azam M.F.
, Bioved , 1992 , 3 , 167 .
17.
Srivastava A.
, and
Srivastava M.
, Philippine J. Sci. , 1998 , 127 , 181 .
18.
Mojumder V.
, and
Mishara S.D.
, Curr. Nematol. , 1991 , 2 , 27 .
19.
Kumar S.
,
Singh S.K.
,
Baslas R.K.
,
Ghildiyal J.C.
,
Saxena A.K.
, Indian Vet. J. , 2002 , 79 , 1136 .
20.
Saraf S.
,
Tyagi A.
,
Ojha A.
, and
Rawat G.S.
, Asian J. Chem. , 1995 , 7 , 229 .
21.
Sondi S.M.
, and
Agarwal N.
, Humdard Medicus , 1995 , 38 , 24 .
22.
Sangwan N.K.
, and
Malik M.S.
, Phytochemistry , 1998 , 49 , 755 .
23.
Harborne J.B.
, and
Williams C.A.
, Phytochemistry , 1983 , 22 , 1520 .
24.
Krishnamurthi M.
,
Ramanathan J.P.
,
Seshadri T.R.
, and
Shankaran P.R.
, Indian J. Chem. , 1965 , 3 , 270 .
25.
Rahman W.
, and
Ilyas M.
, J. Org. Chem. , 1962 , 27 , 153 .
26.
Pathak N.K.R.
,
Biswas M.
,
Seth K.K.
,
Dwivedi S.P.D.
, and
Pandey V.B.
, Die Pharmazie , 1985 , 40 , 202 .
27.
Miura M.
,
Toriyama M.
,
Kasahara Y.
,
Akihisa T.
,
Yasukawa K.
, and
Motohashi S.
, Phytochemistry Lett. , 2008 , 1 , 144 .
28.
Akihisa T.
,
Oinuma H.
,
Tamura T.
,
Kasahara Y.
,
Kumaki K.
,
Yasukawa K.
, and
Takido M.
, Phytochemistry , 1994 , 36 , 105 .
29.
Jetter R.
, Phytochemistry , 2000 , 55 , 169 .
30.
Friebolin H.
, One and two dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Wiley-VCH , Weinheim , 1991 , pp. 133 .