Sterols from Cucurbita maxima (Duch.) and terpenoids from Schefflera odorata (Blanco)

• Main Author: Lim, Kathleen Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Terpenes > Spectra; Sterols; Plant products; Squashes; Medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3078
• Institution: De La Salle University

Two medicinal plants, Cucurbita maxima Duch. commonly known as kalabasa and Schefflera odorata Blanco, also known as five fingers were studied for their chemical constituents. The air-dried flowers of cucurbita maxima (Duch.) afforded a 4:1 mixture of spinasterol and 24-ethyl-5a-cholesta-7, 22, 25-t...