PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF IXORA FINLAYSONIANA WALL. EX.G.DON GROWING IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

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

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

Abstract

A hydrocarbon alcohol, nonacosanol (1), -amyrin (2) and -sitosterol (3) were isolated from the n-hexane fraction of the methanolic extract of Ixora finlaysoniana. From the chloroform fraction, four compounds were isolated; 3-hydroxyhexan-5-olide (4), protocatechuic acid (5), gallic acid (6) and -sitostreol glucoside (7). In addition to three compounds were isolated form the ethyl acetate fraction; parasorboside (8), D-1-O-methyl-myo-inostiol (9) and galactitol (10). The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated on the basis of physical, chemical and spectroscopic evidence.