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EREMURUS PERSICUS, A NEW SOURCE OF MEDICINALLY
IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS
SALEHA SULEMAN KHAN1*, VIQAR UDDIN AHMAD1, NIKHAT
SABA2 AND RASOOL BASHKH TAREEN3
Abstract:
Phytochemical investigation of Eremurus persicus collected from
the Kirbi Kuch Ziarat, Pakistan led to the isolation of an antimalarial
compound 2-acetyl-1-hydroxy-8-methoxy-3-methylnaphthalene, (compound 1,)
and helminthosporin (Compound 2), a derivative of anticancer agents,
from ethyl acetate fraction. Their structures were established by a
combination of spectral methods (UV, IR, 1D and 2D NMR and MS) and
comparison with literature data. In the present study, occurrence of
these compounds is being reported for the first time as metabolites of
Eremurus persicus.
1HEJ
Research Institute of Chemistry University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270,
Pakistan
2Department of Chemistry, Jinnah University for Women,
Karachi, 74600, Pakistan
3Department of Botany, University of Baluchistan, Quetta,
Pakistan
*Corresponding author: E-mail
saleha_iccs@yahoo.com,
Phone: +92 321 7795412
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