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%).
