Open AccessDetection of Lupeol in Calendula Officinalis Grown in Iraq by GC-MS Analysis
Author(s) -
Noor Ali Kadhim,
Widad M K Al-Ani,
Ibrahem S. Al-Joboury
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
almustansiriya journal of pharmaceutical sciences/al-mustansiriyah journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2959-183X
pISSN - 1815-0993
DOI - 10.32947/ajps.19.04.0420
Subject(s) - lupeol , calendula officinalis , membrane , terpene , triterpene , officinalis , traditional medicine , chemistry , phospholipid , biology , chromatography , biochemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Triterpenes are abundant group of natural compounds with important structural components of plant’s cell membranes. Free triterpenes stabilize phospholipid bilayers in plant cell membranes just as cholesterol does in animal cell membranes. Lupeol is a pentacyclic trite-rpene reported to have important physiological and therapeutic effects in human health issues, therefore its extraction from Calendula officinalis flowers and detection by GC-MS is of significant importance.