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- Title
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of different organic crude extracts from the local medicinal plant of Thymus vulgaris L
- Authors
Al Hashmi, Laila Salim; Hossain, Mohammad Amzad; Weli, Afaf Mohammed; Al-Riyami, Qasim; AlSabahi, Jamal Nasser
- Abstract
Abstract: Objective: To isolate and analyze the chemical composition in different crude extracts of from the leaves of locally grown of Thymus vulgaris L (T. vulgaris) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Methods: The shade dried leaves powder was extracted with methanol by using Soxhlet extractor. Methanol crude extracts of T. vulgaris and the derived fractions of hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol were obtained. Results: Qualitative analyses of various organic crude extracts of T. vulgaris by using GC-MS showed that there were different types of high and low molecular weight compounds. Most of the isolated and identified compounds by GC-MS in the crude extracts are basically biologically important. Further, the T. vulgaris leaf possessed certain characteristics that can be ascribed to cultivation on a domestic plantation. The crude extracts were prepared from the powder leaves of T. vulgaris for respective compounds can be chosen on the basis of above GC-MS analysis. Conclusions: All the major compounds were identified and characterized by spectroscopic method in different organic crude extracts of T. vulgaris are biologically active molecules. Thus the identification of a good number of compounds in various crude extracts of T. vulgaris might have some ecological role.
- Subjects
GAS chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); ORGANIC compounds; MEDICINAL plants; HERBACEOUS plants; BIOACTIVE compounds; THERAPEUTIC use of plant extracts
- Publication
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
2221-1691
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60026-X