Chemical Characteristics of Ziziphus Fruits Analyzed by GC-MS and HPLC Techniques and Their Applications in Pharmaceutical and Food Products.

Chemical Characteristics of Ziziphus spina Christi Fruits

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  • Yahia abdalla natural products chemistry

Keywords:

bioactive, nutrients, food function, pharmaceutical

Abstract

This study objective is to evaluate the bioactive components that were detected in Ziziphus spina-christi fruit pulp and how they might be used in different food and pharmaceutical products. To explore their potential for development as a functional food, analyses using GC-MS and HPLC were conducted to identify the phytochemical content of fruit pulp. The GC-MS chromatogram identified compounds such as 13-docosenamide (Z) (29.58%), hexadecanoic acid (4.99%), (9E, 12E)-9, 12-octadecadienoyl chloride (2.73%), prostaglandin A1-biotin (4.36%), cis-vaccenic acid (0.57%), guanosine (0.54%), mannose (0.54%), and flavone 4’-OH, 5-OH, 7-di-O-glucoside (1.84%). The HPLC analysis showed that cinnamic acid (23.19%) was the predominant compound, followed by syringic acid (22.03%), gallic acid (17.77%), chlorogenic acid (9.11%), naringenin (8.98%), and catechin (2.21%). These findings indicate that the fruit pulp of Ziziphus spina-christi contains a variety of bioactive compounds with potential medicinal properties, suggesting significant potential for its development as a functional food.

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Published

2026-07-01

How to Cite

abdalla, Y. (2026). Chemical Characteristics of Ziziphus Fruits Analyzed by GC-MS and HPLC Techniques and Their Applications in Pharmaceutical and Food Products.: Chemical Characteristics of Ziziphus spina Christi Fruits. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 51, 15–30. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/irjc/article/view/1913

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Vol. 51 (2026): 1ST JULY 2026... ISSN 2321 – 2845 (Online)......ISSN 2321 – 3299 (Print)

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Research Paper

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