Abstract
The plant Cordia dichotoma, which belongs to the family Boraginaceae, is known for its biological activities. The plant is considered as the medicinally valuable tree in the genus Cordia. The entire plant parts have many biological activities like diuretic, antibacterial, contraceptive, antidiabetic, and so many other pharmacological properties. This plant’s bark powder is used to treat ulcers. The bark has antimicrobial and anti-implantation activities. GC-MS analysis of Cordia dichotoma bark shows hydrocarbons, fatty acids, phytosterols, and phthalates. Sterols are known to have hypercholesterolemic activity. The separation of sterols from hydrocarbons using special techniques and column chromatography is described in this paper.
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Mrs. G. Swapna is expressing her heartfelt thanks to U.G.C. BSR for providing her financial assistance through BSR-JRF Fellowship, Acharya Nagarjuna University, and all the faculty members of Department of Chemistry for providing the facilities in our research lab.
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Swapna, G., Kesava Rao, B. (2020). Isolation of Sterols from the Bark Hexane Extract of Cordia dichotoma. In: Khasim, S.M., Long, C., Thammasiri, K., Lutken, H. (eds) Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1636-8_31
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