A New compound from the pods of Cassia glauca LAM.

As per the published literature on the constituents of the plants. It was found that the plants of Cassia genus contain many kinds of compounds such as polyphenols, tannins, flavonoids etc. Many of them are useful for human beings. Keeping in view the present work on the pods of cassia glauca was under taken. It was collected from Haridwar (U.P.) it was grinded to powder and dried in shade. It was then refluxed in a soxhlet (2 Litrs) with PE, Benzene and ethyl acetate for twelve hours. The E.A. turned yellow. It was distilled and concentrated to small volume (10ml), column chromatographed over silica gel G. Its purity and homogeneity were tested and left overnight for crystallization. A yellow coloured compound was obtained. Its m.p. was determined as 185ºC. Its mol. Formula was found to be C22H22O12.