Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Egyptian Opuntia ficus–indica Seeds Oils Obtained by Conventional and Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Techniques
Badawy, E., Abel-Azim, N., Shams, K., Abdur-Rahman, M., Mahmoud, K., Abd-Rabou, A., Fahmi, A., Saleh, I. (2023). Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Egyptian Opuntia ficus–indica Seeds Oils Obtained by Conventional and Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Techniques. EKB Journal Management System, 66(3), 91-101. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2023.181098.7358
Esraa Badawy; Nahla Abel-Azim; Khaled Shams; Mariam Abdur-Rahman; Khaled Mahmoud; Ahmed Abd-Rabou; Abd- Elgawad Ali Fahmi; Ibrahim Saleh. "Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Egyptian Opuntia ficus–indica Seeds Oils Obtained by Conventional and Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Techniques". EKB Journal Management System, 66, 3, 2023, 91-101. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2023.181098.7358
Badawy, E., Abel-Azim, N., Shams, K., Abdur-Rahman, M., Mahmoud, K., Abd-Rabou, A., Fahmi, A., Saleh, I. (2023). 'Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Egyptian Opuntia ficus–indica Seeds Oils Obtained by Conventional and Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Techniques', EKB Journal Management System, 66(3), pp. 91-101. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2023.181098.7358
Badawy, E., Abel-Azim, N., Shams, K., Abdur-Rahman, M., Mahmoud, K., Abd-Rabou, A., Fahmi, A., Saleh, I. Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Egyptian Opuntia ficus–indica Seeds Oils Obtained by Conventional and Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Techniques. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 66(3): 91-101. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2023.181098.7358

Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Egyptian Opuntia ficus–indica Seeds Oils Obtained by Conventional and Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Techniques

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry
Volume 66, Issue 3, March 2023, Page 91-101  XML PDF (1.14 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2023.181098.7358
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Authors
Esraa Badawy1; Nahla Abel-Azim2; Khaled Shams2; Mariam Abdur-Rahmanorcid 3; Khaled Mahmoudorcid 4; Ahmed Abd-Rabouorcid 5; Abd- Elgawad Ali Fahmi email 6; Ibrahim Salehorcid 7
1Chemistry of Medicinal Plants Department, National Research Centre,
2Chemistry of Medicinal Plants Department, National Research Centre
3Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science. Cairo University, Egypt.
4Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre
5Hormones Department, Medicine and Clinical Studies Research Institute, National Research Centre.
6Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
7National Research Centre, Chemistry of medicinal plants department
Abstract
The main objective of the current work was to assess the suitability of ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) for the oil recovery from Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. (O. ficus indica) seeds as compared to conventional extraction technique; Soxhlet extraction (SE). In the present study, the recovery oil yield, the saponifiable and unsaponifiable lipids of seeds oils obtained by different extraction methods, were compared. In addition, determination of the wound healing and analgesic activities of the plant seed oil, in vitro and in vivo, were evaluated.

UAE and SE methods recovered total oil yields of 2.15% and 2.01%; respectively. Study of fatty acids composition exposed that the predominant fatty acids were linoleic acid (75.2% and 84.9%), oleic acid (14.01% and 8.18%) and palmitic acid (8.91% and 5.71%) for UAE and SE, respectively. Moreover, the most abundant sterol was β-Sitosterol (73.41% and 72.12%) followed by campesterol (8.84% and 8.57%) for UAE and SE, respectively. UAE significantly improved bioactivities of the oil with a significant increase in wound healing rate (85.7%) and inhibition of abdominal writhing (71.0%) compared to those obtained for oil prepared by SE (73.3% and 28.1%, respectively). Conclusion: Compared to conventional extraction method SE, the application of the innovative technique UAE for oil extraction increased the obtained oil yield of O. ficus indica and enhanced the biological activities in-vitro as well as in-vivo.
Keywords
Opuntia ficus-indica; Soxhlet extraction; ultrasound-assisted extraction; GC / MS; analgesic activity; wound healing activity
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