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Momordicilin
Names
IUPAC name

(4β)-23-[[(2E)-1-Hydroxy-1-methyl-2-penten-1-yl]oxy]-ursan-3-one

Identifiers

CAS Number

3D model (JSmol)

PubChem CID

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  • CC/C=C/C(C)(O)OC[C@@]1([C@@H]2CC[C@@]3([C@@H]([C@]2(CCC1=O)C)CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@]5([C@H]4[C@H]([C@@H](CC5)C)C)C)C)C)C

Properties

Chemical formula

 C36H60O3
Molar mass 540.873 g·mol−1

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Infobox references

Momordicilinor24-[1′-hydroxy,1′-methyl-2′-pentenyloxyl]-ursan-3-one is a chemical compound, a triterpenoid with formula C
36H
60O
3, found in the fresh fruit of the bitter melon (Momordica charantia).[1]

The compound is soluble in ethyl acetate and chloroform but not in petrol. It crystallizes as needles that melt at 170−171 °C. It was isolated in 1997 by S. Begum and others.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sabira Begum, Mansour Ahmed, Bina S. Siddiqui, Abdullah Khan, Zafar S. Saify, and Mohammed Arif (1997), Triterpenes, a sterol and a monocyclic alcohol from Momordica charantia. Phytochemistry, volume 44, issue 7, pages 1313-1320
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