Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Sep 29.
doi: 10.1007/s11655-017-2781-5. Online ahead of print.

Chemical composition and pharmacological potential of aromatic water from Salix caprea inflorescence

Affiliations

Chemical composition and pharmacological potential of aromatic water from Salix caprea inflorescence

Ajaz Ahmed et al. Chin J Integr Med. .

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the chemical composition and pharmacological potential of hydro distillate from Salix caprea inflorescence.

Methods: Fresh flowers were subjected to conventional hydrodistillation. Antioxidant activity was assessed as free radical scavenging capacity (RSC) towards 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) radicals. Anti inflammatory activity was examined by human red blood cell (HRBC) membrane stabilization method. Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of hexane extract of aromatic water was performed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometric (GC-MS).

Results: A total of 19 constituents representing (99.2%) of the aromatic water were identified; Hexahydrofarnesylacetone (38.3%), 2-butyl-octanol (24.0%), 2.hexyl-1-octanol (8.6%) were the main components. Results suggest that the hydro distillate possess significant antioxidant and anti-inflammtory properties.

Conclusions: The aromatic water's composition and its pharmacological evaluations has been reported in our results for this unique and endemic species.

Keywords: GC-MS; Salix caprea; anti-inflammatory; antioxidant.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources