Isolation of Stigmasterol and (β-Sitosterol from Chloroform Extract of Leaves of Corchorus fascicularis Lam

International Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Rajput, A P ^a   Rajput, T A ^b  

^a ZB Patil College   (India)

^b RC Patel ACS College   (India)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Chloroform extract; Cold maceration; Column chromatography; Corchorus fascicularis Lam.; Stigmasterol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874973144     PISSN: 1819155X     EISSN: 21522561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijbc.2012.130.135     Document Type: Article

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