Volatile Constituents of the Wild Green Leaf (Amaranthus viridis)
Growing in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Edet
O. Odokwo; Martha S. Onifade

doi:10.56201/ijccp.v10.no1.2024.pg73.78

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Volatile Constituents of the Wild Green Leaf (Amaranthus viridis) Growing in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Edet O. Odokwo and Martha S. Onifade

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The volatile constituents of the leaves of Amarathus viridis collected from the wild have been identified and quantitied. Fresh leaves of the plant material were subjected to extraction via hydrodistillation technique. The volatile extract was analyzed for its phyto-composition with the aid of a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Eight (8) major phyto-compounds which include: propanoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy- (10.22%), 2-furancarboxaldehyde 5-methyl- (5.92%), propanedioic acid, propyl- (5.76%), 2-isopropoxyethylamine (5.36%), 2-propanone, 1- hydroxy- (4.82%), catechol (4.78%), acetic acid (4.60%) and dodecanoic acid (4.12%) were identified and quantified. The present study has established the volatile phytochemical constituents of the leaves of Amarathus viridis collected from the wild.

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volatile extractAmarathus viridis leavesGC-MS

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Volatile Constituents of the Wild Green Leaf (Amaranthus viridis) Growing in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

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