PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF MAERUA CRASSIFOLIA FORSSK. GROWING IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

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

2 Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

Phytochemical study of the aerial parts of Maerua crassifolia Forssk. resulted in the isolation and identification of kaempferol, quercetin, quercetin-3-0-arabinopyranoside, kaempferol-3-0-galactorhamnoside, rutin, lyoniresinol-3-0-glucopyranoside and stachydrine. These compounds were isolated and identified from this plant for the first time. The identification was based on physical, chemical and spectral studies including UV, IR, 1H-NMR ,13NMR and MS spectra.