Medically Important Compounds in Ipomoea carnea Flowers
Medically Important Compounds in Ipomoea carnea Flowers
Arshad Javaid1*, Iqra Haider Khan1, Malik F. H. Ferdosi2, Aneela Anwar3 and Mujahid Manzoor4
ABSTRACT
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. is a medicinally important wild shrubby plant that generally grows at moist places in Pakistan. There are only a few scientific reports on I. carnea especially on phytochemical profile of its flowers. In the present study, flower extract of this plant was analyzed by GC-MS in search of identification of medicinally important constituents. The dried and crushed material of flowers was extracted in analytical grade methanol for one week and after filtration, it was subjected to GC-MS analysis. Major compounds in the flower extract were germacrene D (12.44%), n-hexadecanoic acid (12.15%), and caryophyllene (11.28%). Moderately occurring compounds included docosane (7.68%), 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl (6.92%), pentadecane (6.20%), cyclopentanone, dimethylhydrazone (5.93%), dotriacontane (5.91%), humulene (5.82%), octadecanoic acid (4.05%), cis-vaccenic acid (3.72%), heptadecane (3.38%), and heptadecane, 2,6,10,15-tetramethyl- (3.10%). Six compounds with peak areas below 3% were categorized as less abundant. The three major compounds in flower extract of I. carnea possess antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxicity, insecticidal and insect repellant properties as reported in the literature.
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