New Hydrocarbons from Gliricidia Sepium

Nirmal Sharma¹, J. S. Qadrya¹, B. Subramaniam², M. Ali¹, A. K. Sharma³ and M. Sarwar Alam⁴

¹Faculty Of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062 India ²Wealth Of India Division, Publications and Informations Directorate Hillside Road New Delhi-110012 India ⁴College Of Pharmacy, S.G.S.I.T.S.Complex, 23 Park Road, Indore-452003 lndia ⁵Department Of Chemistry, Faculty Of Science, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062 India

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ABSTRACT:

Two new hydrocarbons namely n-octacosan-1 -al and n-hexacosan -1-al from the leaves and another rare hydrocarbon, n-heptacosane from the petioles of Gliricidia sepium have been isolated and characterized by the combination of chemical reactions and spectral data analysis.

KEYWORDS:

Hydrocarbons; Gliricidia; Sepium