Sterols from Echinopsis oxygona (Link) zucc. ex Pfeiff

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Chemistry

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Asian Journal of Chemistry

Volume

32

Issue

9

First Page

2135

Last Page

2138

Publication Date

9-1-2020

Abstract

Echinopsis oxygona (Link) zucc. ex Pfeiff, commonly known as easter lily cactus and sea urchin cactus, is grown as an ornamental plant in the Philippines. Chemical investigation of the dichloromethane extracts of E. oxygona has led to the isolation of ostreasterol (1), ostreasteryl fatty acid esters (2) and ergosterol peroxide (3) from the flowers and a mixture of β-sitosterol (4) and stigmasterol (5) in about 2:1 ratio from the stems. Compounds 3-5 were reported to exhibit anticancer properties. This is the first report on the chemical constituents of E. oxygona. © 2020 Chemical Publishing Co.. All rights reserved.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.14233/ajchem.2020.22687

Disciplines

Chemistry

Keywords

Cactus--Analysis

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