PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE LEAVES OF ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI L. WILLD

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

Investigation of the leaves of Z. spina-christi L. Willd resulted in the isolation and identification of ceryl alcohol, b-sitosterol, ursolic acid, betulinic acid, fatty acids (myristic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, linoleic and arachidic acids), flavonoidal compounds (taxifolin, dihydrokaempferol, taxifolin-3-O-glvcoside and apigenin-7-O-glucoside). In addition, a chromatospectrophotometric method was adopted for quantitative estimation of the flavonoidal content.