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SEN isolated corchorin1, a crystalline bitter principle of melting point 174° C. and molecular composition C22H36O8 and corchoritin2, having melting point 218–222° C. and molecular formula C12H18O3 from the alcoholic extract of jute seeds (Corchorus capsularis, Linn.). Karrer and Banerjee3 obtained corchortoxin, having melting point 247° C. and molecular composition C23H32O6. Soliman and Saleh4 identified corchorin as strophanthidin.
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Sen, N. K., J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 7, 83, 905 (1930).
Sen, N. K., J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 8, 651 (1931).
Karrer, P., and Banerjee, P., Helv. Chim. Acta, 32, 2385 (1949).
Soliman, G., and Saleh, W., J. Chem. Soc., 1152 (1951).
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KHALIQUE, M., AHMED, M. Corchsularin, a New Bitter Principle from Jute Seeds (Corchorus capsularis, Linn.). Nature 170, 1019 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701019b0
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