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Phytochemical Investigation of the Rhizomes of Acorus calamus

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The rhizomes of Acorus calamus L. (Araceae) furnished three diarylated naphthoyl esters characterized as 4,4,8β-trimethylhexahydroindan-3β-olyl-(2′-isopent-3″-enyl)-7′-(isopent-2‴-enyl)naphth-1′-oate, lanost- 5,20(22)-dien-3β-olyl-(2′-isopent-3″-enyl)-7′-(isopent-2‴-enyl)naphth-1′-oate, and lanost-5,8-dien-3β-olyl- (2′-isopent-3″-enyl)-7′ -(isopent-2‴-enyl)naphth-1′ -oate along with the aliphatic constituents n-pentatetracontane and n-hexatetracontane. The structures of all the phytoconstituents have been established on the basis of spectral data analysis and chemical reactions.

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The authors are thankful to the Head, SAIF, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow for recording the mass spectra of the compounds.

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  1. Phytochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, 110062, New Delhi, India

    Arti Suman, Mohammed Ali, Iram Rais & Shahnaz S. Husain

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, March–April, 2014, pp. 258–261.

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Suman, A., Ali, M., Rais, I. et al. Phytochemical Investigation of the Rhizomes of Acorus calamus . Chem Nat Compd 50, 293–297 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-014-0935-7

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