Ali, M; Sahrawat, I; Singh, O
The phytochemical investigation of Shilajit has afforded six new compounds named as shilajityl acetate, shilajitol, shilacatechol, shilaxanthone, shilanthranil and naphsilajitone along with pyrocatechol and their stereostructures have been elucidated correspondingly as 4α, 5α, 6α-trihydroxygeranyl acetate, 6-(9, 9-dimethylbutyl) phenol, 1-cyclohexyl-3, 4-dihydroxybenzene, 2, 3, 12, 13-tetrahydroxy-10, 15-[a,f]-phenylxanth-17-one, 2, 3, 13, 14-tetrahydroxy-11, 16-[a,f]-phenyl-7H- anthracen-18-one and 3-hydroxynaphthalenyl-6, 7-γ-lactone on the basis of spectral data analyses and chemical reactions.