ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF BERGENIN FROM ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACT OF FLUEGGEA VIROSA LEAVES

Authors

  • C. T. Agber
  • T. A. Tor-Anyii
  • J. O. Igoli
  • J. V. Anyam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46602/jcsn.v45i6.559

Abstract

Bergenin is an important constituent of Flueggea virosa (Euphorbiaceae), a tropical plant with several traditional uses. While there are numerous reports on the isolation and characterization of bergenin, a rapid, high-throughput, readily accessible method for the isolation and characterization of the compound locally has not been reported. Isocratic elution of ethyl acetate extract via vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC) with methanol produced a white amorphous solid (100 mg), which was successfully isolated from 250 g of the plant. On the basis of spectral data (1H, C NMR, COSY, HSQC and HMBC) and comparison with literature reports, the structure of this solid was shown to be bergenin, a dihydroisocoumarin derivative of glucopyranosyl gallic acid.

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2020-11-04

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Agber, C. T. ., Tor-Anyii, T. A. ., Igoli, J. O., & Anyam, J. V. . (2020). ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF BERGENIN FROM ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACT OF FLUEGGEA VIROSA LEAVES . Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 45(6). https://doi.org/10.46602/jcsn.v45i6.559

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Vol. 45 No. 6 (2020): J. Chem. Soc. Nigeria

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