The recommended standard methods of Sofowora
20
and Trease and Evans
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for quality screening of phenolics, alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids,
saponins, and cardiac glycosides were adopted.
The GC-MS was used to characterize the bioactive constituents in this study.
Briefly, the ethanol extract of the
C. sinensis leaves, which
showed high antibacterial activity, was analyzed using a Clarus 500 Mass
Spectrometer (PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA). It consists of a mass spectral
library (Mass Hunter-Library-NIST14.LIB GC-MS) that was used for the
identification of components in the GC/MS analysis. Its detectable mass ranges
from 35 to 500 m/z, while its ion source and interface temperature were 200°C
and 250°C, respectively. The start and end times (2.50 min and 47.14 min,
respectively), column oven temperatures (40°C), and injection temperatures
(25°C) were used. Injection mode was split and flow control mode was set at a
pressure of 100 kPa. Total flow was 13.9 ml/min while column flow was
1.78 ml/min with a linear velocity of 48.1 cm/s. Purge flow was kept at
3.0 ml/min and a split ratio of 5.1. The oven temperature was programmed first
at 40°C for 5 min with an increase of 5°C min
−1 (link) to 80°C, then
5°C min
−1 (link) to 300°C for 5 min.
Hope O., Bright I.E, & Alagbonsi A.I. (2022). GC-MS biocomponents characterization and antibacterial potency of ethanolic crude extracts of Camellia sinensis. SAGE Open Medicine, 10, 20503121221116859.