Isolation and Characterization of Phytoconstituents from the Plant Excoecaria agallocha Linn

Abstract

Background: Marine resources are currently widely studied because academic and industrial researchers are striving to extract lead molecules from the interior of oceans. Marine resources are increasingly the subject of significant research. Excoecaria agallocha Linn., one of the plants with several pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiulcer, anticancer, etc., is one of the phytoconstituents in mangroves that have been widely used in folk medicine to treat disorders. Objective: The objective of present study to perform a comprehensive phytochemical investigation of milky mangrove. The plant E. agallocha were collected, extracted, isolated, and analyzed in an attempt to better comprehend the various phytochemical aspects of the plant. Material and method: The isolated product was analyzed by different spectroscopic method. Results: The isolated product is characterized as steroidal moiety containing two double bond at 6 and 22-position and alcoholic group at 3-position of cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene in to the isolation of (1,2,3,4,5,10,11,12,14,15,17-dodecahydro-3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl17-((E)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl-)9-H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6,16-dione. Conclusion: The compound’s actual structure is made known using all of the UV, IR, NMR, and mass spectrometry evidence.