CGC Bibliography Paper 5738
Tribulosin and beta-sitosterol-D-glucoside, the anthelmintic principles of Tribulus terrestris.
Deepak M,
Dipankar G,
Prashanth D,
Asha MK,
Amit A,
Venkataraman BV
- Medline:
- 12587699
- Citation:
- Phytomedicine 9: 753-756 2002
- Type:
- ARTICLE
- Genes:
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- Abstract:
- Successive extracts of Tribulus terrestris prepared using petroleum ether, chloroform, 50% methanol and water were tested for anthelmintic activity in-vitro using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The activity could be detected only in 50% methanol extract which on further bioactivity guided fractionation and chromatographic separation yielded a spirostanol type saponin, tribulosin and beta-sitosterol-D-glucoside. Both the compounds exhibited anthelmintic activity with ED50 of 76.25 and 82.50 microg/ml respectively.