Chemical Constituents of Piper betle Linn. (Piperaceae) Roots.docVIP

Molecules 2005, 10, 798-802 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Chemical Constituents of Piper betle Linn. (Piperaceae) roots K. Ghosh * and T. K. Bhattacharya Department of Chemical Technology, University College of Science Technology, Calcutta University, Kolkata-700 009, India. Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: keshab_g@; Tel. (+91)-033- 2350-8386, Fax (+91)-033-2351-9755. Received: 28 May 2004; in revised form: 28 December 2004 / Accepted: 7 January 2005 / Published: 31 August 2005 Abstract: Column chromatography of the alcoholic extract of Piper betle roots furnished a