NON-ALKALOIDAL COMPOUNDS FROM BULBS OF CRINUM MOOREI

Document Type : Original Article

Author

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

Abstract

Three chromones viz. eugenin; 5,7-dihydroxy-2-methyl, chromone and 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-2,8-dimethyl chromone in addition to 4'-hydroxy-7-methoxy flavan and b-sitosterol have been isolated for the first time from bulbs of Crinum moorei. The structures of the isolated compounds have been determined by different spectroscopic methods and comparison with published data.