African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 5 (16), pp. 1427-1429, 17 August 2006   

ISSN 1684–5315 © 2006 Academic Journals        

Review

Fatty acids isolated from Milletia versicolor Baker (Fabaceae)

Ongoka P. R.^1,2, Banzounzi J. T.³, Poupat, C.³, Ekouya, A.², Ouamba, J. M.² and Moudachirou, M.⁴

¹Département des Sciences Exactes, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Marien Ngouabi, BP 69, Brazzaville – Congo.

²Unité de chimie du végétal et de la vie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Marien Ngouabi, BP 69, Brazzaville – Congo.

³Institut de chimie de Substances Naturelles Gif/yvette France.

⁴Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou – Bénin.

*Corresponding authors E-mail: ongokapascal@yahoo.fr.

Accepted 11 July, 2006

Milletia versicolor Baker is a plant used in the Congolese traditional medicine for the treatment of intestine parasitosis. A chemical study carried out from its methanolic extract has concluded with the isolation using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) of four organic acids; tetradecanoic acid, pentadecanoic acid, n-hexadecanoic acid and octadecanoic acid.

Key words: Milletia vesicolor, organic acid, GC/MS.

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