Claim · model-written summary
4H-Pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl- (2.48%) and heptadecane (2.43%) were minor constituents of the extract.
- Taxon
- Plumeria alba
Plumeria albat0 - Outcome
- 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-e0
- Value
- 2.48%e0
- Qualifier
- heptadecane (2.43%)e0
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Verbatim
e0“4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl- (2.48%) and heptadecane (2.43%)”
t0“Plumeria alba”
Title
Potential antimicrobial compounds in flower extract of Plumeria alba
Malik F. H. Ferdosi; Muhammad Kaleem Naseem; Aroosa Afzal; et al. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2023. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.104719
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect All concentrations of the methanolic flower extract significantly reduced growth of all tested fungal and bacterial species.
- Intervention effect The Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of T. reesii by 11–97%.
- Intervention effect The Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of T. viride by 36–90%.
- Intervention effect The Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of T. harzianum by 24–86%.
- Intervention effect The Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of T. hamatum by 7–77%.
- Intervention effect The Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of T. koningii by 9–76%.
- Intervention effect The methanolic Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of Bacillus sp. by 23–93% across concentrations.
- Intervention effect The methanolic Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of Staphylococcus sp. by 12–92% across concentrations.
- Intervention effect The methanolic Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of E. coli by 36–90% across concentrations.
- Intervention effect The methanolic Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of Pseudomonas sp. by 19–90% across concentrations.
- Intervention effect The methanolic Plumeria alba flower extract reduced growth of Salmonella sp. by 8–84% across concentrations.
- Observation GC-MS analysis detected 21 constituents in the extract.
- Observation The most abundant compound in the extract was benzofuran, 2,3-dihydro- at 27.95%.
- Observation Cyclononanone made up 14.59% of the extract.
- Observation 9-Octadecyne made up 14.29% of the extract.
- Observation 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester, (Z,Z,Z)- made up 10.28% of the extract.
- Observation Benzyl alcohol (5.57%) and 1-decanol, 2-hexyl- (5.44%) were among the extract constituents.
- Observation 2,6-Octadien-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-, acetate, (Z)- made up 3.76% of the extract.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that the methanolic extract of P. alba flowers has the potential to control both fungal and bacterial growth.