Chemical Investigation on Berries of Embelia Schimperi from Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

The aims of this study were to investigate the chemical constituents of Embelia schimperi. Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs in the family Myrsinaceae. The plant has been much known as local medicine for the treatment of tape worms. In this project extraction, isolation and characterization of Embelia schimperi has been under taken and chemical investigation on the solvent extract of the plant has been conducted. The methanol extracts of the berries lead to isolation of one new compound. The compounds were identified to be alkaloid benzoate coded as F₄. Structural elucidation of isolated compounds was accomplished by means of spectroscopic methods (NMR, UV, IR and LC-MS) technique.

Keywords: Embelia schimperi, chemical constituents, LC-MS; alkaloid