70ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW COMPOUND FROM ABRUS PRECATORIUS LINNAEUS LEAVESBy solvent extraction, acid hydrolysis, chromatography followed by crystallization, a compound was isolated from the leaves of Abrus precatorium Linn. Infra-red spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance studies showed that the isolated compound was chemically 3,4 dihydroxy benzoic acid.dr_pkmitra@rediffmail.comResearch512015Abrus precatorium Linnaeus,Chromatographic techniques,dihydroxy benzoic acidTanaya Ghosh,Prasenjit Mitra,Dilip Kumar Jha,Sumanta Gupta,Basudeb Basu,Prasanta Kumar MitraDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.,Department of Biochemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.,Department of Physiology, Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.,Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur 734430, Siliguri,West Bengal, India.,Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur 734430, Siliguri,West Bengal, India.,Department of Medical Biotechnology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.