Short Communication
Abstract
The methanol extract of the stem bark of Vitellaria paradoxa used variously in ethno medicinal treatments in Southern and Northern parts of Nigeria was studied. A silica gel column chromatography of the methanol extract of the stem bark using chloroform eluted a whitish gummy substance which was identified purely by spectral analyses as 3, 5, 6-trihydroxy-7-octyl-5, 6-dihydro-1-naphthalene carboxylic acid.
Key words: Vitellaria paradoxa; 3, 5, 6-trihydroxyl-7-octyl-5, 6-dihydro-1-naphthalene carboxylic acid, chromatography.
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