A new oxetane derivative from Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) and an antimicrobial and an antimutagenic anthraquinone from Cassia alata (Linn.)

• Main Author: Hofilena, Joy Granada
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Subjects: Medicinal plants; Chemistry; Organic; Plants; Useful; Gliricidia sepium; Trees; Antimutagens; Anti-infective agents; Extraction (Chemistry); Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Organic Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1985
• Institution: De La Salle University

Two Philippine medicinal plants: Gliricidia sepium and Cassia alata are studied for their secondary metabolites. The chloroform extract of Gliricidia sepium afforded a new oxetane derivative whose structure was elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Cassia alata le...