scholarly journals Preliminary phytochemical screening and GC-MS analysis of Cladophora glomerata: green marine algae

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 732
Author(s):  
Usha N. S. ◽  
Sabari Anand J. V. ◽  
Mangaiyarkarasi .
Keyword(s):  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Acid Methyl Ester ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Cladophora Glomerata ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Ms Analysis

Background: Seaweeds since ages are excellent source of biologically active ingredients. Several Asian countries have a strong tradition of using various seaweeds in herbal medicines preparations. These plants contain various phytochemical constituents having biological activities. Seaweeds are the source of phytochemicals namely agar-agar, carrageenan and algin, which are extensively used in various industries such as food, confectionary, textiles, pharmaceuticals, dairy and paper industries mostly as gelling, stabilizing and thickening agents. They are also used for human consumption, animal feed and as manure in several countries. Several Asian countries are using various seaweeds in traditional medicines.Methods: In the present study, the shade dried and methanolic extract of Cladophora glomerata, a marine green algae was subjected to preliminary phytochemical and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis(GC-MS) to identify the various bioactive components.Results: The methanolic extract of Cladophora glomerata revealed the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, diterpenes and carbohydrates. The GC-MS analysis of the methanolic extract of Cladophora glomerata showed the presence of 42 different compounds. The major compounds were dibutyl phthalate (27.07%), hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester (9.58%), 1,2-benzene-di-carboxylic acid (8.11%), octatriacontyl trifluoroacetate (6.81%), cholesterol (6.66%).Conclusions: Thus, in the present study of Cladophora glomerata, phytochemical and GC-MS analysis provides an important novel information to support further ongoing studies to evaluate structure of bioactive compound and its pharmacological activities.

scholarly journals Identification and Quantification of Coumarins by UHPLC-MS in Arabidopsis Thaliana Natural Populations

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1804
Author(s):  
Izabela Perkowska ◽  
Joanna Siwinska ◽  
Alexandre Olry ◽  
Jérémy Grosjean ◽  
Alain Hehn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Model Plant Arabidopsis Thaliana

Coumarins are phytochemicals occurring in the plant kingdom, which biosynthesis is induced under various stress factors. They belong to the wide class of specialized metabolites well known for their beneficial properties. Due to their high and wide biological activities, coumarins are important not only for the survival of plants in changing environmental conditions, but are of great importance in the pharmaceutical industry and are an active source for drug development. The identification of coumarins from natural sources has been reported for different plant species including a model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. In our previous work, we demonstrated a presence of naturally occurring intraspecies variation in the concentrations of scopoletin and its glycoside, scopolin, the major coumarins accumulating in Arabidopsis roots. Here, we expanded this work by examining a larger group of 28 Arabidopsis natural populations (called accessions) and by extracting and analysing coumarins from two different types of tissues–roots and leaves. In the current work, by quantifying the coumarin content in plant extracts with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometry analysis (UHPLC-MS), we detected a significant natural variation in the content of simple coumarins like scopoletin, umbelliferone and esculetin together with their glycosides: scopolin, skimmin and esculin, respectively. Increasing our knowledge of coumarin accumulation in Arabidopsis natural populations, might be beneficial for the future discovery of physiological mechanisms of action of various alleles involved in their biosynthesis. A better understanding of biosynthetic pathways of biologically active compounds is the prerequisite step in undertaking a metabolic engineering research.

scholarly journals GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY–MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF METHANOL EXTRACT OF ZANTHOXYLUM RHETSA DC. FRUITS

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Kuladip Gurav ◽  
Varsha Jadhav (rathod)
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Acid Methyl Ester ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Hexadecanoic Acid ◽  
Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Objective: The aim was to investigate important bioactive compounds, biological activities, and medicinal importance of Zanthoxylum rhetsa fruits.Methods: The present work was carried out by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method for the identification of different compounds.Result: The methanolic extract of fruits showed 32 chemical compounds which are identified through GC-MS analysis. Among them, some of the compound names and percentage values are as follows: 2-propanone, 1,3-dihydroxy (48.9%), 4H-pyran-4-one,2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl (33.7%), 2-furancarboxaldehyde, 5-[hydroxymethyl] (50.2%), 1-Heptatriacontanol (34.4%), 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (zz)- (48.6%), cholestan- 3-ol,2-methylene, [3β,5α] (75.0%), 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl (90.8), 2-furancarboxaldehyde, 5-[hydroxymethyl] (92.0%), hydroquinone (64.9%), n-hexadecanoic acid (37.5%), octadecanoic acid (28.2%), 9,12,15, octadecatrienoic acid, 2-[(trimethylsiyl]oxy]-1- [(trimethylsiyl]oxy]methyl] ethyl ester, [zzz] (22.6%), 9-hexadecanoic acid (10.3%), digitoxin (18.8%), 8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid methyl ester, [zzz] (25.5%), and oleic acid (16.5%). Most of the identified compounds in the crude methanolic extracts exhibit some bioactivities, namely anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic, nematicide, pesticide, anti-androgenic flavor, hemolytic, 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, insectifuge, antiarthritic, anti-coronary, cardiovascular, anti-breast cancer, aromatic, and insectifuge. On the basis of the above investigation, the fruits can be recommended as a treasure of bioactive compounds and it plays a promising role in herbal medicine.Conclusion: The present study reveals that fruits of Z. rhetsa contain various bioactive compounds. Digitoxin is recorded in the ripened fruit of Z. rhetsa and it shows the anticancerous and cardiac arrest properties. Hence, in future, this plant will play a promising role in curing cancer.

Preliminary phytochemical screening and GC-MS analysis of methanolic extract of Turnera subulata Smith (Passifloraceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-177
Author(s):  
◽  
S Vinotha ◽  
A Vijayan ◽  
Anand Gideon V ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Extract ◽  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Phytochemical Screening ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Plant Leaf ◽  
Ms Analysis ◽  
Phytochemical Profile ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy ◽  
Plant Leaf Extract

The investigation was carried out to determine the possible phytochemical constituents from aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts of Turnera subulata leaf extracts. Among the phytochemical screening of these extracts, Methanolic extract showed that the leaf was rich in alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins and quinones. The chemical composition of the plant leaf extract of T. subulata was investigated using Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectroscopy (Agilent-7890A GC instrument coupled with MS-5975) and NIST-MS library. GC-MS analysis of T. subulata plant leaf extract, revealed the existence of the GC-MS chromatogram of the major peaks presented in methanolic extract like Methyl 8,11,14-heptadecatrienoate (23.244%), Pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-,methyl ester (8.654%), n-Hexadecanoic acid (8.654%), 4H-Pyran4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl (6.598%), 1b,4a-Epoxy-2H-cyclopenta[3,4] cyclopropa[8,9]cycloundec[1,2-b] oxiren-5(1aH)-one(5.400%), 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1- ol(5.400%), etc. From this study it is obvious that T. subulata leaf extract contains many biologically active compounds and also it gives a detailed insight about the phytochemical profile which could be exploited for the development of plant based drug.

scholarly journals Phytochemical evaluation and pharmacognostic standardization of Syzygium palghatense endemic to Western Ghats

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. R. Snehalatha ◽  
A. R. Rasmi
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Significant Activity ◽  
Pharmacological Characterization ◽  
Methanolic Extracts ◽  
Pharmacological Potential

Abstract Background The plants belonging to the genus Syzygium has received much attention since ancient times due to its multidimensional uses for mankind. These plants in general, reported to contain a wide array of phytomolecules with a broad spectrum of biological activities that include antihypoglycemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, and antihypertensive properties. The pharmacological potential of S. palghatense which is endemic to Western Ghats has not yet been investigated. The present study was intended to examine the potential benefits of the leaves and bark of S. palghatense. Results Morpho-anatomical studies of S. palghatense provided useful details for the identification. The pharmacological characterization of the plants shows significant results in their studied parameters. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents were higher in methanolic extracts of leaves and bark of S. palghatense. Methanolic extract of the leaves and bark have superior antioxidant capacity when compared with the chloroform, ethyl acetate, and distilled water extracts. A significant result in alpha amylase and alpha glucosidase enzyme activity was exhibited when antidiabetic study was performed. Conclusion The current study showed that the methanolic extract of S. palghatense leaves and bark have significant pharmacognostic properties and potential antioxidant and antidiabetic compounds. Phytochemical studies portray the presence of several biologically active secondary metabolites, including essential oil, alkaloid, glycosides, carbohydrate, tannins, reducing sugar, phenolics, and saponins, which may be the reason for its biological properties. As compared to bark, leaves of S. palghatense possess significant activity toward all the biological properties tested.

scholarly journals Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of phytocomponents of sargassum polycystum

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 2705-2710
Author(s):  
Nurul Najwa Zamimi ◽  
Noorhazayti Ab. Halim ◽  
Deny Susanti Darnis ◽  
Widya Lestari ◽  
Md Muziman Syah Md Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Brown Seaweed ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Sargassum Polycystum ◽  
Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ms Analysis

Sargassum polycystum is a brown seaweed, which has been reported to contain various phytoconstituents especially antimicrobial properties. However, the study on phytochemical components and biological activities of S. polycystum are yet fully understood. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to evaluate the best extraction solvents for S. polycystum and to determine the percentage of phytocomponents obtained in the n-hexane, dichloromethane (DCM) and methanol extracts of S. polycystum via Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. S. polycystum was collected from the coastal area of Sabah, Malaysia. After collection, it was rinsed, dried and extracted with n-hexane, DCM and methanol by soxhlet extraction. The fatty acid compounds (FAME) analysis was done using The Perkin Elmer Turbo Mass Spectrometer.  This study showed that methanol is the most efficient solvent as it produced the highest extraction yield with 3.83%, followed by n-hexane with 1.69% and lastly DCM with 0.59% in S. polycystum. On top of that, this study has found 19 phytocomponents in all extraction methods of S. polycystum, which have been proven to possess antibacterial constituents such as palmitic acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, pentadecanoic acid and behenic acid as assessed by GC-MS analysis.

scholarly journals Phytochemical, HPLC and FTIR Analysis of Methanolic Extract from Gracilaria dura (C Agardh) J Agardh.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-118
Author(s):  
S S Sumayya ◽  
A S Lubaina ◽  
K Murugan
Keyword(s):  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Sinapic Acid ◽  
Alkyl Halides ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Coumaric Acid ◽  
Lifestyle Diseases ◽  
Gracilaria Dura

Marine algae are known to contain a wide variety of bioactive compounds. They are also rich in novel biomolecules and can be explored for the development of drugs to combat lifestyle diseases like cancer, diabetes etc. Red algae are known for their nutraceutical and functional importance. But there are a lot of limitations regarding their availability and in estimating which algal fractions are biologically active. Similarly, the mode of digestion of such compounds in human body is not yet properly traced. In this juncture, the present study was aimed to evaluate the phytochemical screening of the methanolic extract of the red alga, Gracilaria dura. Methanolic extract of G. dura showed the presence of reducing sugar, flavonoids, glycosides, tannins and terpenoids. Further, the HPLC analysis was attempted to fractionate the polyphenolics. Various phenolic acids such as of gallic acid, vanillic acid, sinapic acid, p-coumaric acid, hydroxybenzoic, phloroglucinol, catechol and cinnamic acid were identified. Subsequently, the methanolic solvent extract of G. dura was subjected to fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for the analysis of the functional groups. The results based on the spectral data of FTIR revealed the presence of aliphatic constituents containing alkanes, ketones, alkyl halides, hydroxyl groups etc. Thus, the observed finding envisages that methanolic extract of G. dura contained potential bioactive compounds which can be used for analysing the various biological activities. Keywords: Gracilaria dura, Phytochemical, Methanolic extract, HPLC, FTIR

scholarly journals ANTIMICROBIAL AND OTHER BIOACTIVE CONSTITUENTS OF Cannabis sativus ROOTS FROM PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-368
Author(s):  
Arshad Javaid ◽  
Iqra Haider Khan ◽  
Malik F.H. Ferdosi
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Cannabis Sativa ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Octadecenoic Acid ◽  
Acid Methyl Ester ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Root Extract ◽  
Bioactive Constituents ◽  
Acid Methyl ◽  
Tetracosanoic Acid

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), a medicinal plant of family Cannabaceae, growing wildly in most of the rainfed areas of Punjab, Pakistan. In this study, phytochemical profile of methanolic extract of root was assessed through GC-MS analysis and various biologically active compounds were identified through literature survey. There were 14 compounds in the root extract. The most abundant compounds were γ-sitosterol (27.08%) and 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, methyl ester (24.09%) and hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester (21.81%). Other identified compounds were methyl stearate (5.51%), stigmasterol (5.12%), campesterol (4.19%), phenol, 2,2'-methylenebis[6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-(2.52%), 11-octadecenoic acid, methyl ester (2.10%), squalene (1.89%), β-amyrin (1.88%), eicosanoic acid, methyl ester (0.85%), tetracosanoic acid, methyl ester (0.88%), dronabinol (1.02%) and 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (0.96%). Most of the identified compounds possess one or more biological activities viz. antitumor, antifungal, antibacterial, antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and/or analgesic.

scholarly journals GC–MS analysis of phytoconstituents of Acacia nilotica and its molecular docking with drug-targets of  Leishmania donovani to combat leishmanaisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shams Tabrez ◽  
Fazlur Rahman ◽  
Bader Alshehri ◽  
Abdulaziz Alouffi ◽  
Rahat Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Targets ◽  
Leishmania Donovani ◽  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Acacia Nilotica ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Potential Drug ◽  
Ms Analysis ◽  
In Silico Studies ◽  
Potential Drug Targets

Abstract Acacia nilotica is an important medicinal plant, found in Africa, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent. Every part of the plant possesses a wide array of biologically-active and therapeutically important compounds and have been used in traditional-system of medicine. We reported the antileishmanial activity of Acacia nilotica (A. nilotica) bark methanolic extract through in vitro assays and dissected the mechanism of its action through in silico studies. Bark methanolic extract exhibited anti-promastigote and anti-amastigote potency with IC50 value of 19.6 + 0.9037 µg/ml and 77.52 + 5.167 µg/ml respectively in time and dose dependent manner. It showed very low cytotoxicity having CC50 value of 432.7 + 7.71 µg/ml on human-macrophage cell line, THP-1. The major constituents identified by GC-MS analysis are 13-docosenoic acid (34.06%), lupeol(20.15 %), 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (9.92 %) and 6-octadecanoic acid (8.43 %) bind effectively with the potential drug-targets of Leishmania donovani (L. donovani ) including sterol 24-c-methytransferase (SMT), trypanothione reductase (TR), pteridine reductase (PTR1) and adenine phosphorybosyl transferase (APRT); suggest the possible mechanism of its antileishmanial action. The highest affinity with all these targets was shown by lupeol. The pharmacokinetic studies, predicted bioactivity scores and acute toxicity studies of major extract constituents support safe antileishmanial drug candidate. This study proved the antileishmanial potential of bark-methanolic extract A. nilotica and its mechanism of action through the inhibition of potential drug targets of L. donovani.

scholarly journals Brewer’s Spent Yeast (BSY), an Underutilized Brewing By-Product

Fermentation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Alice Jaeger ◽  
Elke K. Arendt ◽  
Emanuele Zannini ◽  
Aylin W. Sahin
Keyword(s):  
Animal Feed ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Rna Degradation ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Food Applications ◽  
Brewer’S Spent Yeast

The repurposing of by-products and the reduction of waste from food processing streams is an ever-increasing area of interest. Brewer’s spent yeast (BSY) is a prevalent by-product of the brewing industry. The spent yeast cells are removed at the end of the bulk fermentation. A small amount of it is used to start the next batch of fermentation; however, the majority of the spent yeast is discarded. This discarded yeast is high in nutrients, in particular proteins, vitamins and minerals, as well as containing functional and biologically active compounds such as polyphenols, antioxidants, β-glucans and mannoproteins. At present, BSY is mainly used in animal feed as a cheap and readily available source of protein. This review explores alternative, value-added applications for brewer’s spent yeast including nutritional ingredients, functional food additives as well as non-food applications. A major challenge in the utilization of BSY in food for human consumption is the high level of RNA. An excess of RNA in the diet can lead to an increase in uric acid in the bloodstream, potentially causing painful health conditions like gout. This issue can be overcome by RNA degradation and removal via additional treatment, namely heat treatment and enzymatic treatment. There is potential for the use of BSY ingredients in various food applications, including meat substitutes, bakery products and savory snacks.

scholarly journals Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Seeds from Four Vitis vinifera Tunisian Varieties

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thouraya Majoul ◽  
Faten Bouabdallah ◽  
Majdi Hammami ◽  
Hajer Satouri ◽  
Olfa Tabbene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activities ◽  
Sinapic Acid ◽  
Acid Methyl Ester ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Good Growth ◽  
Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Beneficial Effects

Thousands of polyphenolic compounds have been identified in various plants. Recently, a number of studies showed that beneficial effects of grapes are related to the presence of polyphenols, with multiple biological activities. The aim of this study was to compare the polyphenol profiles as well as biological activities of the seeds of four Tunisia cultivated grape cultivars, syrat, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and carignan. The total phenolic content of seed extracts varied between varieties and seemed to be correlated to the scavenging activity. Preliminary antibacterial results showed a good growth inhibitory activity of syrat cultivar against Staphylococcus epidermidis. To our knowledge, this is the first of such study being performed on this bacterium, known as a leading cause of Tunisian hospital-acquired infections. Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry analysis identified 20 polyphenol components, flavonoids being the most abundant in all extracts, followed by phenolic acids, resveratrol, tyrosol, and syringaldehyde. We also noticed a deficiency of three phenolic acid compounds (salicylic acid methyl ester, ferulic acid, Sinapic acid) as well as a flavonoid one (myricetin) in merlot cultivar, which could be responsible for its low antioxidant activity. These results will help in the selective exploitation of the seeds obtained from winemaking wastes, as well as in further pharmacological and/or in vivo investigations.

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