GC/MS Analysis of the Volatile Constituents from Arum Cyreniacum Flowers

Abstract

Arum cyreniacum (family Araceae) is a Libyan plant have many medicinal uses. The
volatile constituents of the flowers of the plant were extracted separately with two
different solvents (n-hexane and chloroform). The two volatiles were analyzed using
GC/MS. It was found that the volatile constituents of the flowers extracted with nhexane consists of 32 compounds in which, the oxygenated monoterpenes is the most
abundant class (51.43%) with 1,8-cineole as a major compound (43.32%), while the
chloroform extract substantiated the presence of esters hydrocarbons and sterols as
main groups (44.95%, 30.38% and 16.05% respectively).