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| The Marcgraviaceae and Euphorbiaceae plant families have great potential to serve as sources of natural products possessing biological activities. Two uncharacterized Jamaican plant species within these families, Marcgravia browneii and Omphalea triandra, serve as suitable choices for phytochemical analyses. Phytochemical investigation of the acetone extract of the leaves of M. brownei and the hexane extract of the stems of O. triandra have resulted in the isolation and characterization of a number of natural products. The crude extracts of M. brownei and O. triandra were purified using silica gel column chromatography and preparative thin layer chromatography. The structures of pure compounds were determined using 2D NMR, IR, and GC-MS spectroscopic techniques. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
11:15 AM-1:15 PM, Monday, 14 March 2005 Convention Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |