A lignan from the roots of Crossandra nilotica.
A. Thirupathaiah¹*, G. Venkateshwar Rao¹ and Yoshihisha Takaishi²1Department of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal,India.
²Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Somachi-1-78, Tokushima,Japan.
Abstract: From the petroleum ether extract of roots of Crossandra nilotica, a furofuran type of symmetrical lignan named crossandrin (1) was isolated. The structure was established by spectroscopic techniques like 1H, 13C NMR, Mass and 2D NMR screened for antimicrobial activity.
Keywords: Crossandrin; Crossandra nilotica; Acanthaceae; symmetrical lignan; antimicrobial activity Back to TOC