STIGMASTEROL: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
AbstractExtensive research has been carried out from last decades to discover potential constituents from plant sources. Stigmasterol is an important constituent and has been isolated from plants. It is involved in the synthesis of many hormones like progesterone, androgens, estrogens and corticoids. In addition to stigmasterol many of its derivatives like, spinasterol, fucosterol, cyasterone, stigmasterol glucoside, fucosterol epoxide, stigma-4en-3one, 29-fluorostigmasterol etc. have been isolated and their pharmacological aspects has been assessed. This comprehensive account provides information about stigmasterol and its derivatives. The diversity in their pharmacological reports reveals that this constituent is worth further investigation
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Ijpsr
Navpreet Kaur, Jasmine Chaudhary*, Akash Jain and Lalit Kishore
M. M. College of Pharmacy, M.M. University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana- 133207, India
09 May, 2011
29 June, 2011
17 August, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.2(9).2259-65
01 September, 2011