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Isolation, Characterization of Phytochemical Compounds and Hepatoprotective Activity Evaluation in Rats of Various Extracts from Cyperus esculentus L. tubers

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate different phytochemical compounds of Cyperus esculentus tubers grown in Egypt, as affected by different extracts (oil, methanol, chloroform), and evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of these various extracts in rats. Methanol fraction was subjected to silica gel column chromatography, resulted in isolation of three compounds reported for the first time from this plant, oleanolic acid, α –Amyrin 3-0- glucopyranoside, β -Amyrin3-0- glucopyranoside. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and comparing data with those reported in literature. GC/MS of oil showed twelve compounds, 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)-,2-hydroxy-1- (hydroxymethyl) ethyl ester represented the major compound, while hexylene glycol was the minor. GC/MS of chloroform gave ten compounds, 9 octadecenoic acid, (E) was the highest peak, and stigmasterol was the lower one. Chloroform, methanol and oil extracts of plant were evaluated for their hepatoprotective activity, in D-galactosamine induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats. The high (500 mg/kg), and low (250 mg/kg) doses of extracts, reduced levels of liver enzymes and total protein towards the normal value, which were comparable to that of reference drug silymarin and D-galactosamine indicating its hepatoprotective activity. Bioactive constituents and hepatoprotective activity of different extracts give this plant its therapeutic effects in addition to nutritional ones.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2020.28752.2627

Keywords

Cyperus esculentus, Various extracts, Silica gel column chromatography, Terpenes, GC-MS analysis, |Hepatoprotective activity

Authors

First Name

Dina

Last Name

Eskander

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M

Affiliation

Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622 Cairo, EGYPT

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dina226@hotmail.com

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First Name

mahmoud

Last Name

nassar

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I

Affiliation

Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622 Cairo, Egypt

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mnassar_eg@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-2493-4663

First Name

Rehab

Last Name

Mohamed

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A

Affiliation

Medical biochemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622 Cairo, Egypt.

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roroanas30@yahoo.com

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First Name

abdel-razik

Last Name

farrag

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H

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Department of Pathology, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth st., Dokki12622, Cairo, Egypt

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abdelrazik2000@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-6121-450X

Volume

63

Article Issue

12

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18901

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-04-30

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2020-12-01

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4,867

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4,873

Print ISSN

0449-2285

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2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_94133.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Isolation, Characterization of Phytochemical Compounds and Hepatoprotective Activity Evaluation in Rats of Various Extracts from Cyperus esculentus L. tubers

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22 Jan 2023