Isolation of two natural products from almond seed coats

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Aris S. Kirimlis, chefboyrgreek@aol.com, Department of Life Sciences, University of Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, John J. Sczepanski, John.Sczepanski@MontgomeryCollege.edu, Physical Sciences, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Takoma Park, MD 20912, and Leopold May, MAY@CUA.EDU, Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064.
The seed coats from almonds were subjected to continuous extraction (Soxlet) using the series of solvents: cyclohexane, benzene, chloroform, and methanol. Chromatographic separation of the methanol extract on silica gel, yielded only two compounds which have been characterized by IR and MS.
 

Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, 29 August 2005 Washington DC Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster

Division of Chemical Education

The 230th ACS National Meeting, in Washington, DC, Aug 28-Sept 1, 2005