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Abstract

Many chemical compounds have been isolated from different parts of B. ceiba worldwide. These belong mostly to phenolics, flavonoids, sesquiterpenoids, steroids, naphthoquinones and neolignans. Totally 16 compounds have been isolated from root, 8 from root bark, 3 from stem bark, 3 from heart wood, 2 from leaves, 78 from flowers, 19 from seeds and 11 from gum. Several of these compounds are novel and isolated for the first time. Compounds isolated from this plant possess very important biological activities including immunomodulatory, cytotoxic, antineoplastic, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, hypolipidemic, antihyperglycemic and antioxidant.

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Jain, V., Verma, S.K. (2012). Phytochemical Studies. In: Pharmacology of Bombax ceiba Linn.. SpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27904-1_3

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