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Chemical examination of the unsaponifiable matter of the fat from the fleshy arils ofCelastrus paniculata

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The arils ofCelastrus paniculata on examination have been found to give a semi-solid fat (30%), a phytosterol namely celastrol (0·15%) and a highly coloured resinous substance.

Celastrol obtained from the unsaponifiable matter has a molecular formula C27H46O3. It contains an alcoholic hydroxy group and gives a monoacetyl, a monoacetyl dibromide and a digitonide derivative. The nature of the remaining oxygen atoms has not yet been known.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Benares Hindu University, India

    Prithwi Nath Bhargava

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(Communicated by Dr. S. Dutt,f.a.sc.)

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Bhargava, P.N. Chemical examination of the unsaponifiable matter of the fat from the fleshy arils ofCelastrus paniculata . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 24, 506 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03176922

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