CONSTITUENTS OF FERULA MARMARICA L. RHIZOMES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Natural and Microbial Products, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

2 Department of Chemistry, Aswan Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

The coumarin fraction of the rhizomes of Ferula marmarica L. (Umbelliferae) was found to contain waxy hydrocarbons (n-C10 to n-C25), d-pimaric acid I, marmaricin II and umbelliferone III, whereas a-amyrin IV, b-sitosterol V and another mixture of hydrocarbons (n-C11 to n-C20) were isolated from the unsaponifiable fraction.