Phytoconstituents isolated from phoenixsylvestris roxb

ABSTRACT

Five compounds were isolated from the chloroform and butanol extracts of the male flower inflorescence of Phoenix sylvestris Roxb. The structures of isolated compounds were established as cholesterol [1], beta-sitosterol [2], beta-amyrin [3], quercetin [4] and quercitrin [5] by modern spectroscopic techniques. This is the first report of occurrence of these compounds from Phoenix sylvestris