Sore-producing chemical constituents of the exudation coming out from the upper part of the ripe fruits of Mangifera indica (both "Himsagar" and "Langra" varieties)

Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road,

Kolkata-700 009. India

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Manuscript received 5 May 2009. accepted 20 May 2009

From the exudation coming out from the upper part of the ripe fruits of Mangifera indica (commonly known as Mango in West Bengal) [both "Himsagar" and "Langra" varieties] were Isolated gallic acid as the major compound along with small amounts of ethyl gallate and cholesterol. The sore-producing constituents of the exudation from the aforesaid types of ripe fruits were attributed mostly to gallic acid and partly to ethyl gallate.