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A New Cucurbitacin Glucoside from Luffa graveolense

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A new cucurbitacin glucoside has been isolated from an ethanolic extract of Luffa graveolense, along with four known cucurbitacins. Its structure has been assigned as 20-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl cucurbitacin B (2) by spectroscopic analysis.

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, Government of India [Grant number File No. 21(1019)/16/EMR-II]. Khushbu Sharma is thankful to the University Grant Commission for providing financial assistance.

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  1. Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

    S. Kumar & R. Maurya

  2. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    K. Sharma & M. Sahai

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, May–June, 2019, pp. 420–422.

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Kumar, S., Sharma, K., Sahai, M. et al. A New Cucurbitacin Glucoside from Luffa graveolense. Chem Nat Compd 55, 490–492 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-019-02722-7

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