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Crystal structure of a bioactive sesquiterpene isolated from Artemisia reticulata

Authors

  • A Bauri aBioorganic Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 85, India
  • Sabine Foro bClemens Schöpf-Institut für Organische, Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
  • Nhu Do cAccident & Emergency Department, Franco, Vietnamese Hospital, 7-Nguyen, Luong Bang Street, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam

Keywords:

crystal structure, sesquiterpene, isolation, Artemisia reticulata, anti­proliferative property

Abstract

The sesquiterpene mol­ecule has been isolated from Indian herb A. reticulata by column chromatography over silica gel with a mixture of binary solvent ethyl acetate and hexane by gradient elution. It was recrystallized at room temperature by slow evaporation to afford suitable crystal for X-ray diffraction study. Anti­proliferative bioassay of this mol­ecule has been conducted against human ovarian cancer cell line A 2780. Keywords: crystal structure, sesquiterpene, isolation, Artemisia reticulata, anti­proliferative property

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