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Hatil H EL-Kamali, Hoiam A Rabih, Maha AY Kordofani, EL Bushra E EL Nur, Marmar AEL Siddig, Haytham H Gibreel, Nasreldin A Gurashi and Hoyam Osman

Abstract: Acacia ehrenbergiana is a species of drought-resistant small tree found in the Sahara, northern Sahel, East Africa and Arabia. It is commonly known as “Salam”. It is used in Sudanese Traditional Medicine for treatment of various ailments and diseases. The objectives of this work is to provide answers to impending research questions on compounds present in ethanolic extract and their partitioned solvents, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate fractions of the aerial parts of Acacia ehrenbergiana using GC/MS technique. Phytochemical analysis of plant extract and their fractions was performed by using GC/MS. Various constituents were identified after matching their mass fragmentation pattern with data available in GC/MS library of National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST). The ethanolic extract and dichloromethane fraction of aerial parts were dominated by 4-O-Methylmannose (43.34% and 45.20%) and 1,2,3-Benzenetriol (38.97% and 47.81%), respectively, as the main constituents, while the ethyl acetate fraction was dominated by phenol,2,2-methylene, bis{6-(1,1-dimethyl (23.15%), arachidic acid (21.29%) and hexane,2,3,4-trimethyl- (11.5%). In this study, the constituents of ethanolic extract and their fractions of Acacia ehrenbergiana aerial parts were chemically investigated using GC/MS technique. The resulted compounds provide evidence for the utilization of the plant as alternative natural resource of medicinal and industrial interest.

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