Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Characterization of Organic Compounds in Aframomum melegueta K. Schum Using GC-MS
  Author(s): Oladunmoye MK*
  
  In this study, we characterized organic compounds from extracts of the herb Aframomum melegueta K. Schum using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS) analysis. The influence of five different solvents, 10% sodium hydroxide (NaOH), methanol, ethanol, petroleum ether and n-hexane on the nature of extracted organic compounds and efficiency of extraction was evaluated. Results showed that organic compounds present in extracts of A. melegueta depends on the type of extraction solvents used and that only few compounds are similar in all the extracts analyzed by the GC-MS. Specifically, the polar solvents (10% NaOH, methanol and ethanol) were more effective for recovering phenolic compounds and organic acid esters. While the non-polar solvents (petroleum ether and n-hexane) helped to effectively, recover essential oil derivatives and cholesterols. We described in this .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0412.19.8.331

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