Chemical constituents of Muntingia calabura L.

• Main Authors: Ragasa, Consolacion Y., Tan, Maria Carmen S., Chiong, Irving D., Shen, Chien Chang
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Muntingiaceae > Analysis; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/478
• Institution: De La Salle University

Chemical investigation of the dichloromethane extract of the fruit of Muntingia calabura afforded squalene (1), triglyceride (2), a mixture of linoleic acid (3a), palmitic acid (3b) and α-linolenic acid (3c), and a mixture of β- sitosterol (4a) and stigmasterol (4b). The structures of 1-4b were iden...