Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region

Overview

Journal Molecules

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Jan 21

PMID 36677757

Authors

Leila Gadouche

Abdulwadood Shakir Mahmood Alsoufi

Dominika Pacholska

Anna Skotarek

Cezary Paczkowski

Anna Szakiel

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Abstract

The available phytochemical characteristics of the medicinal plants and derived herbal material often lack data concerning the content of steroids (including phytosterols) and triterpenoids, that can be responsible for various beneficial properties and therapeutic effects, either directly, or as a result of synergistic action with other bioactive constituents. The aim of the present work was the analysis of the content of these compounds in herbal material (leaves, aerial parts) derived from selected medicinal plants (, , , , , ), widely used in folk medicine in the Mediterranean region. Results obtained by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-targeted profiling revealed the diversity in the profiles and contents of steroids and triterpenoids in the analyzed plant material, ranging from 5.7% d.w. in to 0.1% in . The obtained results supplement the existing phytochemical data of the investigated medicinal plants, pointing to the aerial parts and leaves as valuable resources of phytosterols and bioactive triterpenoids.

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