Chemical investigation on Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook. f. seeds

Abstract

Seeds of D. binectariferum contained 2.52% total ash, including Ca 0.29% (by at. absorption spectrometry), Na 0.053 and K 1.03% (by flame photometry), and P 0.13% (by colorimetry). Petroleum ether extn. of the seeds gave 4.54% of a viscous oil with a refractive index of 1.5192% at 20° and acid, ester, and I values of 48.77, 77.46, and 130.9, resp. Acid hydrolyzate of defatted seeds contained glucose, galactose, raffinose, and xylose. Free amino acids of the seeds included α-alanine, arginine, asparagine, glutamic acid, lysine, histidine, serine, cystine, and valine