Variations in Confinement of Bioactive Components in Different Sections of Spondias mombin Tree

Abstract

Good combination and significant concentration of phytochemicals and minerals are responsible for medicinal potentials of most plants. Spondias mombin is a medicinal plant, whose parts are relied upon for herbal remedies to numerous disease conditions. Result obtained from the GC-MS analysis of the the leaf extract shows n-Propyl 11-octadecenoate, Squalene and 2,2-Dimethyl-3-vingl-bicyclo (2,2.1) heptane as the most predominant amongst the seventeen bioactive components with percentage values of 19.675, 16.569 and 14.997. 9, 12-Octadecadienoic acid was the highest amongst the four bioactive components observed in the stem bark with a percentage value of 75.720 followed by n-Hexadecanoic acid with a total percentage concentration of 21.186. Amongst the eleven bioactive components in the root bark extract, 9, 12-Octadecadienic acid was also the most predominant with a total percentage value of 91.423, while n-Hexadecanoic acid, and Diethyl phthalate had percentage concentrations of 3.359 and 2.046 respectively. These bioactive components exhibited various pharmacological and biochemical properties which may be responsible for the use of this plant in traditional medicine.