Affiliation:
1. Biochemistry Department, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria
2. Department of Biochemistry, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria.
Abstract
This study is aimed at ascertaining the chemical profile of an aqueous Nauclea latifolia extract using gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). The plant extract underwent GC-MS analysis, and the mass spectra of the components were compared with that from the National Institute of Standards and Technology library (NIST). GC-MS analysis revealed 18 compounds from the aqueos extract of N. latifolia. Among them, 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)-methyl ester, oleic acid and benzamide-2-bromo-N-[2-(3-fluorophenyl)-5-benzoxazolyl] were found to be the most prevalent compounds with percentage areas of 16.93%, 14.01%, and 9.18%, respectively. Whereas, 5-methyl-2-phenylindolizine with a percentage area of 0.66% was the least abundant compound. Some of these phytocompounds present in the aqueous extract of N. latifolia possess several biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antimalarial properties. Hence, the aqueous extract of the leaf of N. latifolia can serve as a potential source of treatment in ethnomedicine.
Publisher
The Applied Biology & Chemistry Journal