Antifungal activity of Cubebin from Piper cubeba

Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
E-mail: siddiqui_zeba@yahoo.co.in
Department of Research in Unani Medicine, Near Dean, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Manuscript received 3 July 2006, revised 4 April 2007, accepted 24 May 2007

The petrol and benzene extracts of the seeds of Piper cubeba yielded cubebin (1). The compound has been characterised on the basis of spectroscopic data and screened for antifungal activity.