Phytochemical profile, antimicrobial potential and GC-MS analysis of wild variety of Olea Europaea (Olive) cultivated in Pakistan | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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4941774

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Journal Article

Title

Phytochemical profile, antimicrobial potential and GC-MS analysis of wild variety of Olea Europaea (Olive) cultivated in Pakistan

Author(s)

Ahmad, W; Ali, N; Afridi, MS; Rahman, H; Adnan, M; Ullah, N; Muhammad, U; Ilyas, M; Khan, H

Year

2017

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Pure and Applied Biology
ISSN: 2304-2478

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Page Numbers

337-345

Language

English

DOI

10.19045/bspab.2017.60032

Abstract

Olive plant produces a variety of bioactive molecules and thus has important medicinal value in folk medicine. In this study, different leaf and fruit extracts of Pakistani wild variety of Olea europaea was tested for their phytochemical content, antimicrobial activity and mass spectrometric analysis. Olive leaves and fruit samples were extracted with five different solvents to obtain the crude extract and screened for various kinds of phytochemicals. Phytochemicals were further confirmed through Fourier Transmission Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR). The plant extract showed significant antimicrobial activity against all the strains tested. Methanol, ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts were found more effective against most of the pathogenic bacteria with high zone of inhibition. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis revealed that olive fruits have Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Linoleic acid, Octadecadienoic acid, Stearic acid, Palmitoleic acid and Tridecanoic acid as oil contents. In this work, the antimicrobial potential and phytochemical contents were explored which may further pave the way for the bio-industrial applications.

Keywords

Pakistan; Mass spectrometry; Medicine; Phytochemicals; Agricultural biotechnology; Solvents; Seeds; Flavonoids; Leaves; Fatty acids; Antimicrobial agents; Scientific imaging; Colleges & universities; Chromatography; Ethanol; Olives; Gas chromatography; Methyl alcohol; Stearic acid; Acids; Methanol; Fruits; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Bacteria; Linoleic acid; Mass spectroscopy; Industrial applications; Biocompatibility; Palmitoleic acid; Fourier transformation; Medicinal plants; Palmitic acid; Ethyl acetate; Infrared spectroscopy; Plants; Oleic acid; Plant extracts; Acetic acid; Antimicrobial activity