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Momordicilin
Names
	IUPAC name (4β)-23-[[(2E)-1-Hydroxy-1-methyl-2-penten-1-yl]oxy]-ursan-3-one
Identifiers
CAS Number	189156-40-9 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	103882698;
PubChem CID	102066427;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID601318014 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C36H60O3/c1-10-11-17-36(9,38)39-23-33(6)27-15-20-35(8)28(32(27,5)19-16-29(33)37)13-12-26-30-25(3)24(2)14-18-31(30,4)21-22-34(26,35)7/h11,17,24-28,30,38H,10,12-16,18-23H2,1-9H3/b17-11+/t24-,25+,26-,27-,28-,30+,31-,32+,33-,34-,35-,36?/m1/s1 Key: UQBFECUQCTWGFC-RQSRHSMUSA-N;
	SMILES CC/C=C/C(C)(O)OC[C@@]1([C@@H]2CC[C@@]3([C@@H]([C@]2(CCC1=O)C)CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@]5([C@H]4[C@H]([C@@H](CC5)C)C)C)C)C)C;
Properties
Chemical formula	C36H60O3
Molar mass	540.873 g·mol−1
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Momordicilin or 24-[1′-hydroxy,1′-methyl-2′-pentenyloxyl]-ursan-3-one is a chemical compound, a triterpenoid with formula C
₃₆H
₆₀O
₃, found in the fresh fruit of the bitter melon (Momordica charantia).^[1]

The compound is soluble in ethyl acetate and chloroform but not in petrol. It crystallizes as needles that melt at 170−171 °C. It was isolated in 1997 by S. Begum and others.^[1]

References

1 2 Sabira Begum, Mansour Ahmed, Bina S. Siddiqui, Abdullah Khan, Zafar S. Saify, and Mohammed Arif (1997), Triterpenes, a sterol and a monocyclic alcohol from Momordica charantia. Phytochemistry, volume 44, issue 7, pages 1313-1320

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[begum-1] 1 2 Sabira Begum, Mansour Ahmed, Bina S. Siddiqui, Abdullah Khan, Zafar S. Saify, and Mohammed Arif (1997), Triterpenes, a sterol and a monocyclic alcohol from Momordica charantia. Phytochemistry, volume 44, issue 7, pages 1313-1320

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