A new pentacyclic phenol and other constituents from the root bark of Bauhinia racemosa Lamk.

References

• Abreu VGC, Takahashi JA, Duarte LP, Piló-Veloso D, Junior PAS, Alves RO, Romanha AJ, Alcântara AFC. 2011. Evaluation of the bactericidal and trypanocidal activities of triterpenes isolated from the leaves, stems and flowers of Lychnophora pinaster. Rev Bras Farmacogn. 21:615–621.
   Google Scholar
• Akhtar AH, Ahmad KU. 1995. Anti-ulcerogenic evaluation of the methanol extracts of some indigenous medicinal plants of Pakistan in aspirin-ulcerated rats. J Ethnopharmacol. 46:1–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ali MS, Azhar I, Amtul Z, Ahmad VU, Usmanghani K. 1999. Antimicrobial screening of some Caesalpiniaceae. Fitoterapia. 70:299–304.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anjaneyulu ASR, Reddy AVR, Reddy DSK, Ward RS, Adhikesavalu D, Cameron TS. 1984. Pacharin: a new dibenzo (2,3-6,7) oxepin derivative from Bauhinia racemosa Lamk. Tetrahedron. 40:4245–4252.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anjaneyulu ASR, Reddy AVR, Reddy DSK, Roe SP, Cameron TS. 1986. Racemosol: a novel tetracyclic phenol from Bauhinia racemosa Lamk. Tetrahedron. 42:2417–2420.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Balasooriya SJ, Sotheeswaran S, Balasubramanium S. 1982. Economically useful plants of Sri Lanka part IV. Screening of Sri Lanka plants for tannins. J Nat Sci Coun Sri Lanka. 10:213–219.
   Google Scholar
• Boonphong S, Puangsombat P, Baramee A, Mahidol C, Ruchirawat S, Kittakoop P. 2007. Bioactive compounds from Bauhinia purpurea possessing antimalarial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic activities. J Nat Prod. 70:795–801.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhakuni RS, Shukla YN, Thakur RS. 1987. Chemical constituents of Melochia corchorifolia Linn. Indian J Chem. 26B:1161–1164.
   Google Scholar
• Cadogan JIG, Buckingham J. 1996. The dictionary of organic compounds. Chapman and Hall. London: University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Chopra RN, Nayar SL, Chopra IC. 2006. Glossary of Indian medicinal plants. New Delhi: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research.
   Google Scholar
• Dhale DA 2011. Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Bauhinia variegata Linn. J Ecobiotechnol. 3:4–7.
   Google Scholar
• Dhar ML, Dhar MM, Dhawan BN, Mehrotra BN, Ray C. 1968. Screening of Indian plants for biological activity. Indian J Exp Biol. 6:232–247.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• El-Hossary GA, Selim MA, Sayed AE, Khaleel AE. 2000. Study of the flavonoid content of Bassia muricata L. and Bauhinia racemosa Lam. Bull Fac Pharm. 38:93–97.
   Google Scholar
• El-Khatiba AS, Khaleel AE. 1995. Evaluation of some pharmacological properties of different extracts of Bauhinia racemosa leaf and Bassia muricata whole plant. Bull Fac Pharm. 33:59–65.
   Google Scholar
• Gupta M, Mazumder UK, Kumar RS, Kumar TS, Gomathi P. 2004a. Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effect of Bauhinia racemosa against paracetamol and carbon tetrachloride induced liver damage in rats. Iran J Pharmacol Ther. 3:12–20.
   Google Scholar
• Gupta M, Mazumder UK, Kumar RS, Kumar TS. 2004b. Antitumor and antioxidant effect of Bauhinia racemosa against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in Swiss albino mice. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 25:1070–1076.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gupta M, Mazumder UK, Kumar RS, Kumar TS, Gomathi P, Rajeshwar Y, Kakoti BB, Selvin VT. 2005. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic effects of methanol extract from Bauhinia racemosa stem bark in animal models. J Ethnopharmacol. 98:267–273.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jain R, Alam S, Saxena U. 2002. A new tetracyclic phenol and other constituents from the roots of Bauhinia racemosa. Indian J Chem. 41B:1321–1322.
   Google Scholar
• Jain R, Saxena U, Rathore K, Jain SC. 2008. Bioactivities of polyphenolics from the roots of Bauhinia racemosa. Arch Pharm Res. 31:1525–1529.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jain SA, Patel AD, Prajapati NK, Prajapti SP. 2011. Extraction of flavonoids of seed coat of Bauhinia tomentosa. Int J Chem Sci. 9:657–663.
   Google Scholar
• Kirtikar KR, Basu BD. 1975. Indian medicinal plants, vol. II. Dehradun: Bishen Mahendra Pal Singh.
   Google Scholar
• Kittakoop P, Kirtikara K, Tanticharoen M, Thebtaranonth Y. 2000. Antimalarial preracemosols A and B from Bauhinia Malabarica. Phytochemistry. 55:349–352.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kumar RS, Sivakumar T, Sunderam RS, Gupta M, Mazumdar UK, Gomathi P, Rajeshwar Y, Saravanan S, Kumar MS, Murugesh K, Kumar KA. 2005. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Bauhinia racemosa L. Braz J Med Biol Res. 38:1015–1024.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laghari AH, Memon S, Nelofar A, Khan KM. 2011. Alhagi maurorum: a convenient source of lupeol. Ind Crops Prod. 34:1141–1145.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maillard MP, Recio-Iglesias MC, Saadou M, Stoeckli-Evans H, Hostettmann K. 1991. Novel antifungal tetracyclic compounds from Bauhinia rufescens. Lam. Helv Chim Acta. 74:791–799.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pettit GR, Numata A, Iwamoto C, Usami Y, Yamata T, Hirofumi O, Cragg GM. 2006. Antineoplastic agents. 551. Isolation and structures of bauhiniastatins 1-4 from Bauhinia purpurea. J Nat Prod. 69:323–327.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Prabhakar P, Gandhidasan R, Raman PV, Krishnasamy NR, Nanduri S. 1994. De-O-methylracemosol: a tetracyclic 2,2-dimethylchroman from the roots of Bauhinia racemosa. Phytochemistry. 36:817–818.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Prakash A, Khosa RL. 1976. Chemical studies on Bauhinia racemosa. Curr Sci. 45:705–707.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reddy MVB, Reddy MK, Duvvuru G, Caux C, Bernard B. 2003. A flavanone and a dihydrodibenzoxepin from Bauhinia variegata. Phytochemistry. 64:879–882.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ruan H-L, Zhou X-F, Zhang Y-H, Pi H-F, Wu J-Z, Sun H-D. 2007. Ferulic acid esters from Euphorbia hylonoma. Fitoterapia. 78:72–73.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saha S, Subrahmanyam EVS, Kodangala C, Shastry SC. 2011. Isolation and characterization of triterpenoid and fatty acid ester of triterpenoid from leaves of Bauhinia variegata. Der Pharma Chemica. 3:28–37.
   Google Scholar
• Semwal S, Sharma RK. 2011. Antibacterial sesquiterpene lactone glucoside from seed pods of Bauhinia retusa. J Asian Nat Prod Res. 13:75–79.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sashidhara KV, Singh SP, Misra S, Gupta J, Bhattacharya SM. 2012. Galactolipids from Bauhinia racemosa as a new class of antifilarial agents against human lymphatic filarial parasite, Brugia malayi. Eur J Med Chem. 50:230–235.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yadav S, Verma DL. 2010. Antioxidative flavonoids from the leaves of Bauhinia retusa Roxb. J Med Arom Plant Sci. 32:16–19.
   Google Scholar