Chemical constituents of Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz

• Main Authors: Ragasa, Consolacion Y., Biona, Kristine, Shen, Chien Chang
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Chayote > Analysis; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1213
• Institution: De La Salle University

Chemical investigation of the dichloromethane extract of the leaves of Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz led to the isolation of a mixture of trans-cinnamic acid (1a) and phenylacetic acid (1b) in 3:2 ratio, 3-octadecenoic acid (2), trilinolenin (3), and α-linolenic acid (4). The structures of 1a, 1b and...