Author(s):
Azhar. Malek, Adnan Odeh
Email(s):
azhar.malek@uok.edu.sy , adnan.odeh 96363@uk.sy
DOI:
10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00255 
Address:
Azhar. Malek1*, Adnan Odeh2
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Doctor in Phytochemistry, Kalamoon University, Syria.
2Faculty of Science, Diplomat Analytical Chemistry, Kalamoon University, Syria.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 18,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
The Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostrates and Rosmarinus officinalis are important medicinal plant that has been used in folk medicine to treat many diseases, all its parts contain active ingredient but this study focuses on the phenolic content, the anti-oxidant activity, and the chemical composition of the essential oil in The Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostrates and Rosmarinus officinalis leaves ( in kallamoon region, Syria) This study showed that the phenolic content in the ethanolic extract of R.officinalis is(1.6556)mg/1g of dried powder, while the phenolic content in extract of R.officinalis var. prostrates is(1.799)mg/1g dried powder and the Determination of Carnosic acid, O-12-methylcarnosic acid, Rosmarinic acid and Ginquanin by HPLC, has shown that the concentration of Carnosic acid, rosmarinic acid and ginquanin in the extract of R.officinalis var. prostrates is higher than R.officinalis, Additionally the antioxidant capacity value of R. officinalis var. prostrates is higher than R. officinalis in leaf extract, while the antioxidant capacity value of R. officinal is oil is higher than that of R. officinalis var. prostrates using PCL assay, The GC- The GC-MS analysis revealed that the major components in Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostrates essential oil were 1,8-Cineole (42.18%), a-Pinene (11.38%), Camphene (5.39%), a-Humulene (5.63%), p-Cymene (4.98%). Meanwhile the major components in Rosmarinus officinalis were 1,8-Cineole (39.19%), a-Pinene (9.13%), Camphene (4.65%), ß-Caryophyllene (4.47%), p-Cymen-8-ol (4.18%), ß-Pinene (3.16%)
Cite this article:
Azhar. Malek, Adnan Odeh. Comparative Study of Essential oil, Phenolic content and Antioxidant activity of the Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostrates and Rosmarinus officinalis plant extracts. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2025;18(4):1781-8. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00255
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Azhar. Malek, Adnan Odeh. Comparative Study of Essential oil, Phenolic content and Antioxidant activity of the Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostrates and Rosmarinus officinalis plant extracts. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2025;18(4):1781-8. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00255 Available on: https://rjptonline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-18-4-46
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