National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Zygophyllum coccineum L. (Family: Zygophyllaceae) was collected from coastal and desert habitats from Egypt. The plant leaves from each habitat were collected and used in preparation of the various extracts in hexane, methylene chloride, ethyl acetate and butanol.ZCD leaf extracts exhibited higher scavenging activity than ZCC in the four extracts. The antioxidant activity was measured using DPPH(2, 2’– diphenyl–1–picrylhydrazyl) test. Butanol fraction exhibited the highest scavenging activity. The antioxidant activity measured in every extract was dependent on the concentration of the extract. Various compounds were obtained by GC/MS and they were identified. 1-nonadecene, 9-octadecenoic acid, 2-methyl propanoic acid, β-sitosteol, tricosane and tetracosane were found in leaves of coastal plant (ZCC) and absent from the desert plant (ZCD). Stigmast-5-en-3-ol was found in leaves of the desert plant and not detected from the coastal plant. Docosene, 1-eicosanol, hexacosane, heptacosane, nonacosane, 6-Ethyl-5-hydroxy-2,3,7-trimethoxynaphtho quinone and pentacosane were found in the leaves of Z. coccineum from both habitats under investigation.
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