Isolation, fractionation and identification of chemical constituents from the leaves crude extracts of Mentha piperita L grown in Sultanate of Oman

Mohammad Amzad Hossain; Seham Salim Al-Hdhrami; Afaf Mohammed Weli; Qasim Al-Riyami; Jamal Nasser Al-Sabahi

doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1051

Isolation, fractionation and identification of chemical constituents from the leaves crude extracts of Mentha piperita L grown in Sultanate of Oman

Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S368-72. doi: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1051.

Authors

Mohammad Amzad Hossain¹, Seham Salim Al-Hdhrami¹, Afaf Mohammed Weli¹, Qasim Al-Riyami¹, Jamal Nasser Al-Sabahi²

Affiliations

¹ School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Nursing, University of Nizwa, P. O. Box 33, Postal Code 616, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman.
² Central Instrument Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze and identify the chemical compositions of different organic plants crude extracts of Mentha piperita (M. piperita) grown in Sultanate of Oman by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Methods: The powder sample was extracted with methanol by using Soxhlet extractor. Methanol crude extracts of M. piperita and its derived fractions of hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol were prepared.

Results: Qualitative analyses of various organic plant crude extracts of M. piperita by using GC-MS showed that majority of these compounds are bioactive.

Conclusions: According to the results of the present study, the plant crude extracts could be used as medicine for the treatment of different diseases. The analysis and identification of the chemical compounds in the plant crude extracts by using GC-MS was the first time.

Keywords: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses; Mentha piperita; Organic crude extracts; Soxhlet extractor.