دراسة كيميائية و مجهرية لأوراق و ثمار نبات الأزدرخت Melia azedarach

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Background & Aim : Melia azedarach is one of the most widespread plants in Syria used as an ornamental plant.

It is grown in various environments and tolerates climatic changes.

It was popularly used in very wide field, and studies are still being conducted on it.

This research aimed to conduct a chemical and microscopic study of Melia azedarach grown in Syria.

Materials & Methods : where the leaves and fruits of the plant were collected in September/ 2020.

The leaves and fruits in addition to the methanolic extracts prepared from them were chemically studied.

Result : The presence of many secondary metabolites, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, coumarins, and saponins, has been proven in the plant.

It was observed that flavonoids and coumarins were present only in the methanolic extract of the leaves, while the presence of flavonoids was only observed in the methanolic extract of the fruits.

The presence of several distinct microscopic elements of the plant was observed in the microscopic examination.

These elements are large assemblies of pores and single-celled tentacles single or combined in the leaves.

Whereas, distinctive spherical starch granules with a circular central navel were found in the fruits,.