Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of different organic crude extracts from the local medicinal plant of Thymus vulgaris L.
- Author:
Laila Salim Al HASHMI
1
;
Mohammad Amzad HOSSAIN
;
Afaf Mohammed WELI
;
Qasim AL-RIYAMI
;
Jamal Nasser AL-SABAHI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: GC-MS analyses; Preparation crude extracts; Soxhlet extractor; Thymus vulgaris L
- MeSH: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Oman; Plant Extracts; chemistry; Plant Leaves; chemistry; Plants, Medicinal; chemistry; Thymus Plant; chemistry
- From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2013;3(1):69-73
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo 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).
METHODSThe 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.
RESULTSQualitative 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.
CONCLUSIONSAll 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.