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Gas Chromatography-Based Chemical Investigation of Ficus pandurata Fruitsˊ Lipoidal Matter

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Drugs from natural sources

Abstract

Ficus pandurata Hance, (Moraceae) is a medium size tree native to tropical Africa, Mediterranean region, India, Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan. Particularly, the fruit of this plant is known to contain large amounts of triterpenes and sterols. A chemical analysis using gas chromatography is done on the ethanolic extract of Ficus pandurata Fruits' saponified and unsaponified fractions. However, saponified fraction showed eleven fatty acids methyl esters, in which hexadecanoic acid and octadecanoic acid were the two fatty acids found to be the most prevalent, accounting for around 34% and 14% of the overall composition of the saponified fraction, respectively. Twenty compounds were also found in the unsaponifiable fraction, accounting for 95.72% of the total unsaponifiable content. Phytosterols was the most prevalent identified class, accounting for around 55% of the total unsaponifiable content. Three major phytosterols, i.e., sitosterol, stigmasterol, and campesterol, were found, accounting for 31.47%, 18.22%, and 5.25% of the total unsaponifiable content, respectively. Triterpenes and deoxygenated hydrocarbons were detected in lower percentage in unsaponifiable fraction.

DOI

10.21608/odr.2023.238492.1031

Keywords

Ficus pandurate, Gas chromatography, Saponified fraction, Unsaponifiable content and Phytosterols

Authors

First Name

abdelaziz

Last Name

farrag

MiddleName

F

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Email

abdel_aziz.farag@pharm.psu.edu.eg

City

portsaid

Orcid

0000-0001-8786-8184

Volume

4

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

44978

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2023-09-23

Publish Date

2024-01-01

Page Start

34

Page End

40

Print ISSN

2812-6351

Online ISSN

2812-636X

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https://odr.journals.ekb.eg/article_332045.html

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332,045

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Research Articles

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2,485

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Journal

Publication Title

Octahedron Drug Research

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https://odr.journals.ekb.eg/

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Gas Chromatography-Based Chemical Investigation of Ficus pandurata Fruitsˊ Lipoidal Matter

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Created At

29 Dec 2024