Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3835

Short Communication

Isolation and characterization of 3, 5, 6-trihydroxy-7-octyl-5, 6-dihydro-1-naphthalene carboxylic acid from the stem methanolic extract of Vitellaria paradox

Ndukwe, I. G.1*, Amupitan, J. O.1, Zhao, Y.2 and Isah, Y.3    
1Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. 2Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, PR China. 3Federal College of Education, Okene, Nigeria.    
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 September 2007
  •  Published: 31 October 2007

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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