Isolation and characterization of major phytoconstituents from the leaves of Rhizophora mucronata Lamk and Acanthus ilicifolius Linn

Copyright: © Author(s), This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Rhizophora mucronata Lamk and Acanthus ilicifolius Linn, which are classified as true and associate mangrove respectively by botanical survey of India and as mangrove by others, are a tree and small flood tolerant shrub respectively . The present investigation deals with the characterization of major compounds purified from the leaves of Rhizophora mucronata and Acanthus ilicifolius .Results obtained by LCMS, FTIR and 1HNMR studies indicated that purified compound from Acanthus ilicifolius contained 2S,3R,6S)-2-((4-(3-ethyl-4,5dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)methoxy)-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3,6-dihydro 2H-pyran-3-yl 3,4-dihydroxy-2-methoxybenzoate) and Rhizophora mucronata contained (R)-hexane3-ol.