Natural Product Sciences
- Volume 3 Issue 2
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- Pages.106-107
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- 1997
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- 1226-3907(pISSN)
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- 2288-9027(eISSN)
Isolation and Characterization of Indole-3-methylethanoate from Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntz. and its biological activity
- Roy, Malabika (Department of Botany, Bose Institute) ;
- Ganguly, S.N. (Department of Botany, Bose Institute)
- Published : 1997.12.01
Abstract
Indole-3-methylethanoate was isolated for the first time form natural source i.e. from the leaves of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntz and fully characterized by physical and chemical evidence, the biological activity of the compound was studied by wheat coleoptile bioassay which showed growth promoting activity.