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Radermachera xylocarpa: the highly efficient source of lapachol and synthesis of its derivatives
N P Shetgiri1, S V Kokitkar, S N Sawant
1Department of Chemistry, The Institute of Science, Mumbai, India.
Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica
|August 15, 2001
Abstract:
Isolation and characterization of the major chemical constituents from the stem bark of Radermachera xylocarpa. Chloroform extract of the powdered stem bark contains mainly two components: one is lapachol (91.2%) and second is alpha-lapachone (5.0%), which are reported herewith first time from this plant, in good quantity and purity.

