Vol. 7, No 1, 2009 pp. 69 - 72
DOI 10.2298/FUPCT0901069N
UDC 661.71

NONPOLAR COMPOUNDS FROM LUFFA AEGYPTIACA FRUIT
S.A. Nirmal1, P.C. Kothawade1, S.B. Datir1, S. C. Pal2, S.C. Mandal3, S.R. Pattan4
1Department of Pharmacognosy, Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni, M.S., India.
2Department of Pharmacognosy, M.V.P. College of Pharmacy, Nasik, M.S., India.
3Depatrment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
4Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni, M.S., India

Abstract. The unsaponifiable and saponifiable constituents from the alcoholic extract of Luffa aegyptiaca fruit (Cucurbitaceae) were investigated by GC-MS. The results showed the presence of hydrocarbons viz., n-tricosane (0.41 %), n-tetracosane (0.83 %), n-hexacosane (2.02 %), n-heptacosane (4.88 %), n-octacosane (2.57 %) and fatty acids viz., nanodecane-6-ol (17.65 %), eicosane-6-ol (2.54 %), dieicosane-6-ol (7.85 %), tetraeicosane-6-ol (1.75 %).
Key words:  Luffa aegyptiaca. Cucurbitaceae, hydrocarbons, fatty acids

NEPOLARNI KONSTITUENTI PLODOVA BILJNE VRSTE LUFFA AEGYPTICA
Neosapunjivi i osapunjivi konstituenti iz alkoholnog ekstrakta plodova biljne vrste Luffa aegyptica (Cucurbitaceae) su analizirani pomocu GH-MS. Identifikovani su ugljovodonici dugog lanca, tj. n-trikozan (0,41%), n-tetrakozan (0,83%), n-heksakozan (2,02%), n-heptakozan (4,88%) i n-oktakozan (2,57%), kao i 6-alkanoli, masni alkoholi dugog niza, konkretno: 6-nonadekanol (17,65%), 6-ikozanol (2.54 %), 6-dokozanol (7,85%), 6-tetrakozanol (1,75%).