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PJB-2011-296

EREMURUS PERSICUS, A NEW SOURCE OF MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS

SALEHA SULEMAN KHAN1*, VIQAR UDDIN AHMAD1, NIKHAT SABA2 AND RASOOL BASHKH TAREEN3
Abstract

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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

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