Phytochemical Investigation of Centella Asiatica Aerial Parts

R. Kapoor, M. Ali*, and S. R. Mir

Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110 062, (India)

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ABSTRACT:

The ethanolic extract of aerial parts of the Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban yielded a sesquiterpenic constituent, named homosilphiperfoloic acid and a decahydronaphthalene substituted heptanoic acid, named cylcobrahmic acid. Their structures have been elucidated and 6, 7-cyclohexyl-silphiperfolan-16-oic acid and a-decahydronaphthyl-n-heptanoic acid on the basis of the spectral details and chemical reactions.

KEYWORDS:

Centella asiatica; Homosilphiperfoloic acid; Cylcobrahmic acid