Abstract

Sireesha Malladi¹, Venkata Nadh Ratnakaram², Suresh Babu K³ and Pullaiah T⁴

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/330248

Phytochemical screening of caralluma lasiantha was carried out and one C₂₁ pregnane steroid was isolated from chloroform extract. Based on spectroscopic studies (IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and ESI-MS) the isolated compound is 3β,14β-dihydroxy-14β-pregn-5-en-20-one which was earlier isolated from other species.

Caralluma lasiantha; Indian traditional medicine; C21 pregnane steroid; Chloroform extract; phytochemical screening

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