Structural Assessment of Chemical Constituent of Sidaguri (Sida rhombifolia Linn) and Its Ability to Inhibit Cyclooxygenase

Abstract Objective: To elicit the structure of isolated compounds from roots of sidaguri (Sida rhombifolia Linn). Material and Methods: Several organic standard protocols were involved, including extraction, fractionation, and phytochemical testing. Further spectroscopy methods, FTIR and 1HNMR, were used to determine the predicted structure of molecules, while their ability to inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX 1 and 2) were tested using in vitro method. Results: Overall assessments showed that the structure of the sidaguri is a long chain aliphatic carboxylic acid and identified as Z-3, 6, 6 trim...