Wrightia tinctoria
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Wrightia tinctoria, Pala indigo plant or dyers’s oleander, is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia
found in India.
The plant contains wrightial, a triterpenoid
chemical, along with cycloartenone, cycloeucalenol, β-amyrin, and β-sitosterol isolated from the MeOH extract of the immature seed pods.
Wrightia
Wrightia is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, native to tropical Africa, Asia and Australia...
found in India.
The plant contains wrightial, a triterpenoid
Triterpenoid
Triterpenoids are terpenoid derviatives of triterpene molecules.They may have useful anti-cancer properties.Notable examples*Betulinic acid, possible anti-cancer drug*Bardoxolone methyl, inflammation modulator*Triterpenoid saponins...
chemical, along with cycloartenone, cycloeucalenol, β-amyrin, and β-sitosterol isolated from the MeOH extract of the immature seed pods.