Three new a-glucosidase inhibitors from guggul, the oleogum resin of Commiphora wightii

SOURCE: Natural Product Research
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.El-Mekkawy, M.R.Meselhy, N.Nkobole, N.Lall
KEYWORDS: POSTPANDRIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7128
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3504
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3504

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Abstract

Three new compounds; epi-mukulin, dehydroguggulsterone and dehydro-20-hydroxygugglsterone were isolated from the n-hexane-soluble fraction (HSF) of the methanol extract of guggul, the oleogum resin of Commiphora wightii together with six known compounds.