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Chromatographic Fingerprinting of Antisickling Compound of Telfairia Occidentalis Leaf Extract

The leaves extracts of Telfairia occidentalis (Hook f) was studied as a potential antisickling agent. By solvent extraction, ethanol crude extract of leaves of Telfairia Occidentalis were partitioned to obtain their active fractions. In-vitro antisickling activity was determined using freshly prepared 2% sodium metabisulphite (negative control) and extracts of the plant (positive control) against haemoglobin SS red blood cell (HbSS). Activity- guided fractionation was used to target antisickling constituents of n-hexane fraction. The active principle in the fraction was isolated and further purified using vacuum liquid chromatography and sephadex LH-20 column respectively. The purified samples were analyzed by HPLC-UV detector and the identified compounds were chlorogenic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, beta-carotene, gallic acid, caffeic acid, catechin, protocatechuic acid, beta-sitosterol, P-coumaric acid, lutein, sinapic acid, kaempferol, rutin, zeaxanthine, ferulic acid, vanillic acid and inositol. Hydroxybenzoic acid is a known antisickling drug. In this study a derivative (4-hydroxy benzoic acid) was detected in both isolated fraction of the leaves of T. occidentalis thus supporting among other constituents for the antisickling results.

 

Author(s)
C.O. OKOYE
C.O. ALISA
B.O. UMEOKOLI
O. IYEKOWA
Volume
1
Keyword(s)
Telfairia occidentalis
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Activity-guided isolation
Antisickling activity
Year
2024
Page Number
104-116
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