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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Volatile Constituents of Cladodes, Fruits peel and Fruits pulp from Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. (Prickly Pear) growing in Eg

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Abstract

Volatile constituents of Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill (prickly pear or nopal cactus) cladodes, fruits peel and fruits pulp were prepared by hydrodistillation. The chemical composition was investigated by GC/MS analysis. Dodecane found as the major compound in the volatile constituents of fruits peel and cladodes representing (32.3%) and (20.05%) respectively followed by undecane (20.02%) in cladodes, (14.47%) in fruits peel while the fruits pulp volatile constituents contain undecane as a major compound (20.52%) followed by dodecane (16.86%). The antimicrobial activity was carried out for all samples using diffusion agar method against Aspergillus flavus, Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtillis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium. Fruits peel volatile constituents showed antimicrobial activity against all tested microorganisms except Candida albicans while fruits pulp volatile constituents showed activity against Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative bacteria and had no activity against fungi and Bacillus subtillis. Cladodes volatile constituents had no activity against all tested microorganisms.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2020.21137.2260

Keywords

Opuntia ficus indica, Prickly pear, Nopal cactus, Volatile constituents, Dodecane, Undecane, antimicrobial activity

Authors

First Name

S.S.

Last Name

El-hawary

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Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University 11562, Egypt.

Email

seham.elhawary@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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0000-0002-6823

First Name

M.E.

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El-Tantawy

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Affiliation

Department of Medicinal Plants and Natural Products, National Organization for Drug Control and Research, Egypt.

Email

kader48@hotmail.com

City

cairo

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-

First Name

M.A.

Last Name

Rabeh

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-

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University 11562, Egypt.

Email

mohamedabdelatty68@yahoo.com

City

cairo

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-

First Name

W.K.

Last Name

Badr

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-

Affiliation

Department of Medicinal Plants and Natural Products, National Organization for Drug Control and Research, Egypt.

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wafaakorany@ymail.com

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cairo

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-

Volume

64

Article Issue

1

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19680

Issue Date

2021-01-01

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2019-12-18

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2021-01-01

Page Start

437

Page End

444

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_84135.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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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Volatile Constituents of Cladodes, Fruits peel and Fruits pulp from Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. (Prickly Pear) growing in Egypt.

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22 Jan 2023