The QUALITATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF PUNICA GRANATUM LEAF EXTRACTS

The qualitative analysis of chemical compounds for the ethanol extracts of pomegranate leaves have been analyzed in this study. The aim of present study is to analyze bioactivity constituents of ethanol leaf extract from Punica granatum L. ("Goy nar" variety) by Gas chromatography–Mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). The characterization of the chemical composition was done using Agilent 6890N Network GC System. In the GC-MS analysis, totally 79 phytochemical compounds were identified in the leaf ethanol extract of "Goy nar" variety from which 47 compounds were identified, including phenolic compound such as Phenol, 2-[(1-methylpropyl)thio]-, pyrones – 4H-Pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-di hydroxy-6-methyl-, carboxylic acids such as Acetic acid, 2-propyltetrahydropyran-3-yl ester, Carbonic acid, allyl nonyl ester and fatty acids such as 2,5-Octadecadiynoic acid, methyl ester, Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester, n-Hexadecanoic acid, Hexadecanoic acid, ethyl ester, 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester, (Z,Z,Z) and other compounds. The results of current study indicate the possibility of using pomegranate leaves of Goy nar variety cultivated in Azerbaijan as a good source of natural compounds intended for applications in pharmaceutical and food industry.