EVALUATION OF PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS IN THE WHOLE PLANT PARTS OF HEXANE EXTRACT OF SOME TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS BY GC-MS ANALYSIS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the phytochemical components from the hexaneextract of some medicinal plants (Salvia palaestina Bentham, Alkanna trichophila var. mardinensisHub-Mor. (an endemic variety), Scutellaria orientalis L. and to evaluate its biological activity by GCMSanalysis. The chemical components in this hexane extract were subjected to the Agilent 7890B GC-5977MSD model Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometric analysis. Thirty-two chemical compoundshave been identified in the plant extracts. This definition is based on the peak area, retention time,molecular weight, and molecular formula. In this research, Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, tricosane,docosane, transcaryophyllene, nonacosane, beta-Cubebene, Trichlorfon, Naphthalene, 1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-4a, 8-dimethyl -2- (1-methylet henyl) -, [2R, 3-Aminophenol were found predominantlycompounds in extracts. These compounds, which we identified in our study, have a wide rangeof biological activity and have been found to have high therapeutic value. They are candidate plants tobe medicines with various active ingredient content.