Anukorn Phuruengrat and Sirirat Phaisansuthichol

pp. 39 - 44

Abstract

Sericocalx schomburgkii (Craib) Bremek is a traditional Thai herb used for osteoarthritis pain relief. A preliminary examination for the steroid components from three different parts of this plant, i.e. wood,
leave and root, was performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with electron impact
(EI). Dried samples of the three plant parts were ground to fine powder and soaked in hexane for the extraction of their steroid components. Thirteen steroids were identified, 10 of them in the wood, 11 in the leaf and 8 in the root extracts.