<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gaurav Mahesh Doshi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pratip Kashinath Chaskar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hemant Devidas Une</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elucidation of β -sitosterol from Benincasa hispida Seeds, Carissa congesta Roots and Polyalthia longifolia Leaves by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benincasa hispida</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carissa congesta</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HPTLC</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polyalthia longifolia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">β-sitosterol.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">29th Apr, 2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">221-227</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;Fruits of &lt;em&gt;Benincasa hispida&lt;/em&gt; (BH) is regarded as Valliphala due to its vast plethora of medicinal properties, &lt;em&gt;Carissa congesta&lt;/em&gt; (CC) is an imperative local plant particularly in rural communities and &lt;em&gt;Polyalthia longifolia &lt;/em&gt;(PL) is an ornamentally significant traditionally relevance plant in India system. &amp;beta;-sitosterol, an active constituent identified from enormous plants has been reported to possess excellent amount of pharmacotherapeutic potential by number of researchers. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; In the recent studies, the research team focuses on determining the percentage of the &amp;beta;-sitosterol present in the BH seeds, CC roots petroleum ether extracts as well as PL leaves ethanolic extract by chromatographic technique in harmony with High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Respective parts of BH, CC and PL plants were shade-dried and extracted by appropriate extraction methods followed by identification of &amp;beta;-sitosterol from the extracts by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography after preliminary phytochemical screening extracts for the constituents. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The amount of &amp;beta;-sitosterol present in the BH seeds, CC roots and PL leaves extracts was found to be 23.00, 5.94 and 1.81 % w/w respectively. Research studies elucidated a peak that coincided with standard peak of &amp;beta;-sitosterol suggesting the presence of constituent in the extracts. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; Thus, extracts contains important constituent of &amp;beta;-sitosterol in BH, CC and PL.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key words:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Benincasa hispida&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Carissa congesta&lt;/em&gt;, HPTLC, &lt;em&gt;Polyalthia longifolia&lt;/em&gt;, &amp;beta;-sitosterol.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">221</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gaurav Mahesh Doshi, &lt;sup&gt;1, 2*&lt;/sup&gt; Pratip Kashinath Chaskar&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Hemant Devidas Une &lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vivekanand Education Society&amp;rsquo;s College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacology, Y. B. Chavan College of Pharmacy, Rouzabagh, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>