Chemical makeup of Curcuma phaeocaulis plant

Five compounds were isolated and identified from the rhizome of Curcuma phaeocaulis Val.

• The identified compounds include isocurcumenol, curcumenol, alpha-spinasterol, curcumin, and beta-sitosterin-3-O-glucoside.
• Alpha-spinasterol and alpha-stediol were isolated for the first time from this plant species.
• The isolation involved techniques such as column chromatography and spectroscopic analysis to elucidate their structures.

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