Organic chemistry
Isolation, identification and characterization of lawsone from henna leaves powder with soxhlet technique

Mehrdad Mahkam; Mehdi Nabati; Hadieh Rahbar Kafshboran

Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 1-81, Serial No. 2 , January 2014, , Pages 34-38

Abstract
  Lawsone a natural pigment present in the henna leaves has been used as a skin and hair dye since 1400 BC. The concentration of this natural compound in leaves varies from place to place depending upon many of the environmental factors and the highest quantity reported so far is about 1% of the dry mass. ...  Read More

Isolation, identification and characterization of lawsone from henna leaves powder with soxhlet technique