The Natural Products Journal

Author(s): Sunil Kumar, Samir Mehndiratta, Kunal Nepali, Sameer Sapra, Surinder Koul and Kanaya Lal Dhar

DOI: 10.2174/2210315504666140305231647

Isolation of New Cyclohexyl Epoxide from the Fruits of Piper attenuatum

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Abstract

New cyclohexyl epoxide and crotepoxide were isolated from the fruits of Piper attenuatum. The structure of the new metabolite was characterized as (2-benzoyl-1, 6-epoxy-3, 4, 5,-trihydroxy cyclohexyl) methanol benzoate along with crotepoxide using spectroscopic techniques.

Keywords: Isolation, Piper attenuatum, extraction, crotepoxide, cyclohexane epoxide, characterization, chromatography, stereochemistry.