PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF PETROLEUM ETHER EXTRACT OF STEM BARK OF BOMBAX MELABARICUM

Abstract

Bombax melabaricum DC. is a medium sized tree and distributed mainly in tropical areas of China and hotter part of India. It is used as medicinal herbs. Objective of the study was to isolate active phytochemicals from stem bark of title Plant. Plant Extract of stem bark was chromatographed over silica gel column and eluted with different solvents. Characterization of isolated compounds was done on the basis of spectral studies. Lupeol (I), stigmasterol (II), α-amyrin acetate (III) and trans-triacontanyl-4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamate (IV) were isolated. These compounds have very useful medicinal activities. Present work gives a direction for future investigators to get some medicinally important drugs.