Heba sami Abdel Ghani
Asst. Professor
Assessment of camel thorn (Alhagi maurorum) as new sources of bioactive compounds using GC-MS technique
Plant Omics • 2019
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Authors
Authors Reham M. Mostafa, Heba S. Essawy
Keywords
Secondary metabolites; Alhagi maurarum; GC-mass spectroscopy; anticancer compounds.
Journal
Plant Omics
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Plant Omics Journal Southern Cross Publishing and Printing Pty Ltd, based in Australia
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Abstract
Alhagi maurorum (A. maurorum) is one of the medicinally important plants belonging to the family leguminasae, commonly known as
camel thorn. This research was amid to identify the chemical compounds in the aerial part of A. maurorum using GC-mass analysis.
Three solvents with different polarities were used for the extraction of chemical constituents (water, methanol and petroleum
ether). The results of GC-MS analysis led to identification of various compounds. In total, thirty-nine compounds from petroleum
ether extract, thirty-two compounds in methanolic extract and seventeen compounds in aqueous extract were identified. Majority
of the identified compounds have been reported to possess many biological activities. Among them, we reported 10 new
anticancer compounds (Vitamin E; Hexadecanoic acid; Stigmast-5-en-3-ol; Phytol,2-hexadecen-1-ol,3,7,11,15-tetramethyl;
Squalene; Hexadecanoic acid; 2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl) ethyl ester; Oxime,methoxy-phenyl,methyl N-hydroxybenzenecarboximidoate; Ergost-5-en-3-ol; 9,12- Octadecad-ienoic acid and Farnesol) from A. maurorum using three solvent, while the
best effective solvent was petroluem ether. Therefore, we report that A. maurorum has great potential to be developed into
anticancer drugs.
camel thorn. This research was amid to identify the chemical compounds in the aerial part of A. maurorum using GC-mass analysis.
Three solvents with different polarities were used for the extraction of chemical constituents (water, methanol and petroleum
ether). The results of GC-MS analysis led to identification of various compounds. In total, thirty-nine compounds from petroleum
ether extract, thirty-two compounds in methanolic extract and seventeen compounds in aqueous extract were identified. Majority
of the identified compounds have been reported to possess many biological activities. Among them, we reported 10 new
anticancer compounds (Vitamin E; Hexadecanoic acid; Stigmast-5-en-3-ol; Phytol,2-hexadecen-1-ol,3,7,11,15-tetramethyl;
Squalene; Hexadecanoic acid; 2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl) ethyl ester; Oxime,methoxy-phenyl,methyl N-hydroxybenzenecarboximidoate; Ergost-5-en-3-ol; 9,12- Octadecad-ienoic acid and Farnesol) from A. maurorum using three solvent, while the
best effective solvent was petroluem ether. Therefore, we report that A. maurorum has great potential to be developed into
anticancer drugs.