GC‒MS analysis of fatty acids of Malvaviscus arboreus leaves | ||
| Journal of Advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 12-15 PDF (438.87 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jabps.2020.42110.1099 | ||
| Authors | ||
| John Refaat Fahim* 1; Omnia H. Abdelhafez2; Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen3; Samar Yehia Desoukey4 | ||
| 1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New Minia, Egypt. | ||
| 3Department of Pharmacognosy, faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt | ||
| 4Pharmacognosy department Faculty of Pharmacy Minia University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Malvaceae plants have been reported to produce a wide range of structurally varied fatty acids. Therefore, in this work, the fatty acid content of Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. leaves was investigated using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC‒MS) technique. A total of 17 fatty acids were characterized, with noticeable abundance of saturated acids (50.98%) that were principally dominated by palmitic acid (32.15%). Moreover, a number of mono-, di-, and tri-unsaturated fatty acids were detected constituting 24.92% of the total identified acids, of which 5,12-octadecadienoic acid (7.66%) was the major unsaturated acid identified. As a common feature of several genera of the Malvaceae family, some unusual fatty acids were identified from the saponifiable fraction of M. arboreus leaves, namely 9-methyl tetradecanoic, 3-methoxy pentadecanoic, and 9-heptadecynoic acids, that along with tetracosanoic, 9-octadecenoic, 13-octadecenoic, 5,12-octadecadienoic, and 9,11,15-octadecatrienoic acids, were also interestingly reported herein for the first time in the genus Malvaviscus. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fatty acids; GC‒MS; Malvaceae; Malvaviscus; Palmitic acid | ||
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