Fahim, J., Abdelhafez, O., Abdelmohsen, U., Desoukey, S. (2021). GC‒MS analysis of fatty acids of Malvaviscus arboreus leaves. Journal of advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(1), 12-15. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2020.42110.1099
John Refaat Fahim; Omnia H. Abdelhafez; Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen; Samar Yehia Desoukey. "GC‒MS analysis of fatty acids of Malvaviscus arboreus leaves". Journal of advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4, 1, 2021, 12-15. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2020.42110.1099
Fahim, J., Abdelhafez, O., Abdelmohsen, U., Desoukey, S. (2021). 'GC‒MS analysis of fatty acids of Malvaviscus arboreus leaves', Journal of advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(1), pp. 12-15. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2020.42110.1099
Fahim, J., Abdelhafez, O., Abdelmohsen, U., Desoukey, S. GC‒MS analysis of fatty acids of Malvaviscus arboreus leaves. Journal of advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021; 4(1): 12-15. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2020.42110.1099
GC‒MS analysis of fatty acids of Malvaviscus arboreus leaves
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.