Isolation structural elucidation and biological evaluation of labdane diterpenes from seeds of alpinia nigra gaertn b l burtt

Abstract

The current investigation unveils the potential uses of Alpinia nigra Gaertn B L Burtt as a source of bioactive compounds towards development of therapeutic agent against various diseases The plant is used as vegetable and food flavouring agent in various parts of Northeast India apart from other uses in folk ethnomedicines In the present study the mature seeds of A nigra were collected processed and subjected to soxhlet extraction in a polarity gradient with three organic solvents viz