Phytochemical investigations of leaf, fruit and root bark of Olax manni Oliv. Olacaceae

Authors

  • M. I. Sule Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Author
  • A. K. Haruna Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Author
  • U.U. Pateh Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Author
  • A. A. Ahmadu Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Author
  • A. A. Ambi Department of Pharmacognosy and Drug Development, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Author
  • M. S. Sallau Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Author

Keywords:

Olax manni, phytochemical, extract

Abstract

 Phytochemical examination of the petroleum ether and methanol crude extracts of the leaf, fruit, and root bark of the Olax manni showed the presence of coumarins, steroid/triterpenes, saponins, fatty acids and tannins and absence of alkaloids in the plant. Volatile oils and flavonoids are present only in the fruit and leaf part of the plant. The petroleum extract of the leaf Olax manni  Oliv.   (Olacaceae) afforded a colourless crystals (E)-3-methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenoic acid (C12H14O2, m.p. 57-58 oC), which was
 identified by C H and spectral analysis (UV, IR, NMR, EIMS).

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Published

2025-02-25

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2005): ChemClass Journal

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