Comparative Evaluation of Volatile Constituents of the Ligarine Extracts from Different Parts of <i>Ficus altissima</i>

Abstract

This study was designed to comparative evaluate the volatile constituents of bark, fruit, leaf, aerial root, and root parts ofFicus altissima(Moraceace). Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) revealed the presence of 5, 14, 8, 10 and 2 compounds in the extracts obtained by ligarine extraction from different parts, respectively. The total yield of the volatile fractions was subsequently 0.93%, 0.50%, 4.24%, 3.41% and 0.72%. Higher amounts of esters, aliphatic acids and aliphatic hydrocarbons were found to compose major chemotypes in diverse parts of the plant attaining to 51.32%, 51.53% and 85.38% maximum, individually, with the exception of the extract from root, which consisted mainly of heterocyclic pyrrolidinone (75.93%). Dibutyl phthalate was the main and common component of all the volatile extracts totally attaining in average 49.20%, 22.83%, 4.09%, 11.45% and 24.07%, independently. The antioxidant activity by DPPH test was investigated for all the extracts. In addition, some pharmaceutical components such as elaidic acid, linoleic acid, squalene and vitamin E were discovered. The study offers theoretic basis for utilization of the traditional folk herbF. altissima.