2-Desacetyl-8-Epi-Xanthumanol-4-O-β-D-Galactopyranoside: The Potential Antitumour Sesquiterpenoidal Lactone from Xanthium spinosum Bark
Corresponding Author(s) : K.S. Dubey
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2000): Vol 12 Issue 2
Abstract
Xanthium spinosum Linn is reported to be used against
hydrophobia, rabies and intermittent fever. It has diuretic properties
and is reported to cure diarrhoea and cancer. The ethylacetate-soluble
fraction of the concentrated alcoholic extract of Xanthium
spinosum, bark when worked up chromatographically, yielded a
colourless amorphous powder, m.f. C21H32O9, M+ = 428 and m.p.
157-158°C. Various colour reactions, chemical degradations and
spectroscopic studies identified it as 2-desacetyl-8-epr-xanthumanol-
4-O-β-D-galactopyranoside (I).
Keywords
Antitumour Sesquiterpenoidal Lactone
Xanthium spinosum Bark
2-desacetyl-8-epr-xanthumanol- 4-O-β-D-galactopyranoside
(1)
Ansari, A.; Dubey, K. 2-Desacetyl-8-Epi-Xanthumanol-4-O-Β-D-Galactopyranoside: The Potential Antitumour Sesquiterpenoidal Lactone from Xanthium Spinosum Bark. ajc 2010, 12, 521-526.
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