Title: Volatile Oil Constituents of Fruits and Leaves of<b><i>Solanum nigrum</i></b>L. Growing in Libya
Abstract: : Composition of the essential oils hydrodistilled separately from fruits and leaves of Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae) grown in Libya was studied for the first time and analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Oil yields were<0.1 % (w/w) from the dried material of both plant parts. About 64 components were successfully separated from both oils, but the composition was found to vary by plant part. Umbellulone (6.8 %) and (5Z,9E)-farnesyl acetone (8.4 %) were the principal oil constituents of the fruits and leaves, respectively. Also, high levels of methyl salicylate (5.1 %) and myrtenal (5 %) were observed in the fruit oil, while, found in very low levels, or traces, in the leaf oil. In a similar pattern, (5Z,9E)-farnesyl acetone, (E)-β-ionone (7.5 %) and methyl eudesmate (8.1 %) were almost exclusively found in the leaf oil and were quite undetectable or observed in low levels in the fruit oil. Thymol was the only common component observed in high concentration in both plant parts (6.6 % in fruits and 7.8 % in leaves). The high contents of phenolic components such as thymol and methyl salicylate in the studied oils, particularly the fruits', make S. nigrum oil an interesting material of potential drug activities.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-05-04
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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