BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOWERS OF Vinca major, A MEDICINAL WEED PLANT OF HILLY AREAS OF PAKISTAN

Arshad Javaid Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
Malik F. H. Ferdosi
Iqra Haider Khan Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Amna Shoaib Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Hafiz M. Saeed Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Abrar Ul Hassan Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.28941/pjwsr.v27i4.1014

Keywords: Bioactive compounds, flower extract, GC-MS analysis, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Vinca major

Abstract

Vinca major L. is an evergreen perennial weed of family Apocynaceae, growing naturally in hilly areas of Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Flowers of this weed were collected from Khanspur, Ayubia during June 2021, shade dried and extracted in pure methanol for two weeks. After filtration, the extract was analyzed by GC-MS for identification of possible bioactive compounds. α-Amyrin was the major compounds (32.49%) followed by lup-20(29)-en-3-ol, acetate, (3β)- (25.72%). Moderately abundant compounds included γ-sitosterol (8.78%), β-amyrone (7.25%), cyclohexane, 1,3,5-triphenyl- (7.01%), olean-12-en-3-ol, acetate, (3β)- (5.68%), and n-hexadecanoic acid (3.18%). Some of the identified compounds have various important biological properties including anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticancer, antimalarial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antitumor etc.

Published

2021-12-31

Issue

Vol 27 No 4 (2021): Volume 27, Issue 4 , Year 2021, Month December

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Articles