Volatile Compounds in Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) harms and Polygonum senegalense (Meisn.) Sojak Ethanolic Extract and their Potential Biological Properties

Abstract

Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) Harms and Polygonum senegalense (Meisn) Soják are two plants used in folk medicine. They are known for their various biological properties. These plants are used as decoction, per os but also in bath and by fumigation. In order to determine the active compounds which give to these plants their therapeutic potential when they are used by bath or fumigation; GC/MS analysis is carried out on the hydro ethanolic extracts of P. kotschyi roots and that of P. senegalense leaves. It results that P. kotschyi content: t-muurolol (1.94%), -cadinene (1.40%), -humulene (1.26%), hexadecanoic acid (11.25%), 9,12- (Z, Z) octadecadienoic acid (26,56%) and P. senegalense content: 3-phenyl-2-propenoic acid (2.80%), hexadecanoic acid (5.59%) and E-1- (2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-2-propenone (11.94%) (Cardamonin isomer). These compounds are known for their biological properties.