BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE COMPOSED IN SYRUP PREPARED FROM VITEX DONIANA FRUIT
Keywords:
fruit, GC-MS, health, phytochemical, syrup, Vitex donianaAbstract
Plant-based foods' health-promoting and disease-curing properties can be found in their rich chemicals. Evidence revealing this is the number of chemicals isolated from the plants that have been successfully employed to cure and prevent human and animal diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the chemical compounds in syrup prepared from Vitex doniana fruit using conventional and GC-MS methods. The phytochemicals qualitatively screened are phenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, terpenoids, and cardiac glycosides. Their quantity values are 17.437, 0.289, 19.088, 48.273, 3.139, and 26.817, respectively. Nineteen compounds were identified with the GC-MS chromatogram at a retention time that ranged from 4.727 to 24.701 min. These chemicals were confirmed based on their area%, height%, structure formula, retention time, and molecular weight. The chemical compounds are glycerol, L-Mannomethylose, Ethyl β-d-riboside, Methyl pentofuranoside, Di-tert-butylphenol, 3-Acethylthymine, Tetradecanoic acid, 1-Tridecene, n-Hexadecanoic acid methyl ester, n-Hexadecanoic acid, 1, E-11, Z-13-Octadecatriene, 1-(4-Bromobutyl)-2-piperidinone, 1-Flourodecane, and Palmitic acid β-monoglyceride. These arrays of biological compounds are known to function as antioxidants, antimicrobials, and energy sources. This emphasises that the syrup will be used as food and medicine for the human healthcare system.
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