Phytosterols from Dombeya torrida (J. F. Gmel.).
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2013Author
Ndwigah, S. N.
Thoithi, G N
Mwangi, J W
Amugune, B K
Mugo, HN
Kibwage, IO
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Dombeya torrida collected from Kinale forest in Kiambu County, Kenya, was Soxhlet extracted with chloroform and by percolation using a dichloromethane:methanol mixture. The extracts were fractionated using normal phase silica gel in an open column. Five compounds were isolated namely friedelin, friedelan-3β-ol, β-sitosterol, taraxerol and stigmasterol. This is the first report of isolation of these compounds from Dombeya torrida. The isolated compounds were identified by means of 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, DEPT, MS and IR analyses
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Ndwigah, S. N.; Thoithi, G. N.; Mwangi, J. W.; Amugune, B. K.; Mugo, H. N.; Kibwage, I. O. (2013). Journal Phytosterols from Dombeya torrida (J. F. Gmel.) East and Central African Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 2013 Vol. 16 No. 2 pp. 44-48Publisher
University of Nairobi
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