<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Twenty-three known chemical compounds were identified in the leaves of <italic>Leea indica</italic> (Burm. f.) Merr. (<italic>Leeaceae</italic>) by GC-MS analysis, spectroscopic techniques and co-TLC with authentic samples. The identified compounds include eleven hydrocarbons, phthalic acid, palmitic acid, 1-eicosanol, solanesol, farnesol, three phthalic acid esters, gallic acid, lupeol, β-sitosterol and ursolic acid. Gallic acid was isolated as <italic>n</italic>-butyl gallate and identified by co-TLC. This seems to be the first report of the presence of gallic acid in the leaves of <italic>L. indica</italic>.</p></abstract>

Twenty-three known chemical compounds were identified in the leaves of Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. (Leeaceae) by GC-MS analysis, spectroscopic techniques and co-TLC with authentic samples. The identified compounds include eleven hydrocarbons, phthalic acid, palmitic acid, 1-eicosanol, solanesol, farnesol, three phthalic acid esters, gallic acid, lupeol, β-sitosterol and ursolic acid. Gallic acid was isolated as n-butyl gallate and identified by co-TLC. This seems to be the first report of the presence of gallic acid in the leaves of L. indica.

Identification of chemical compounds from the leaves of <italic>Leea indica</italic>

Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala-673 635, India

Acta Pharmaceutica

Identification of chemical compounds from the leaves of 

Twenty-three known chemical compounds were identified in the leaves of Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. (Leeaceae) by GC-MS analysis, spectroscopic techniques and...

Identification of chemical compounds from the leaves of Leea indica

Published Online: May 30, 2008

Page range: 207 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10007-008-0002-7

Keywords
Leea indica (Leeaceae), GC-MS, galna kiselina, -butil-galat, antioksidativno djelovanje

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