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Isolation and Characterization of a Compound from the Leaves of Amaranthus spinosus Linn.


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1 Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
2 Department of Medical Biotechnology, Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
3 Department of Biochemistry, Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
4 Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur 734430, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
 

By solvent extraction, acid hydrolysis, chromatography followed by crystallization, a compound was isolated from the leaves of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Infra red spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance studies showed that the isolated compound was chemically 3,4 dihydroxy benzoic acid.

Keywords

Amaranthus spinosus Linn., Chromatographic Techniques, 3,4 Dihydroxy Benzoic Acid.
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Authors

Prasanta Kumar Mitra
Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
Tanaya Ghosh
Department of Medical Biotechnology, Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Prasenjit Mitra
Department of Biochemistry, Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Sumanta Gupta
Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur 734430, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
Basudeb Basu
Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur 734430, Siliguri, West Bengal, India

Abstract


By solvent extraction, acid hydrolysis, chromatography followed by crystallization, a compound was isolated from the leaves of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Infra red spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance studies showed that the isolated compound was chemically 3,4 dihydroxy benzoic acid.

Keywords


Amaranthus spinosus Linn., Chromatographic Techniques, 3,4 Dihydroxy Benzoic Acid.

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