A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHEMISTRY OF STERCULIA DIVERSIFOLIA DONN CULTIVATED IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

From Sterculia diversifolia Donn, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, quercetin-3- arabinoside and P-Coumaric and isochlorogenic acide were isolated from the leaves. While, caffeine, theobromine, theophylline and choline were isolated from the defatted seeds. Lipids of all the organs showed the presence of a hydrocarbon m.p. 58°C, a-amyrin and b-Sitosterol in the unsaponifiable fraction. Fatty acids were found to be oleic, myristis, palmitic and stearic.