Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research
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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: spl

The Antileshmaniasis Effect of Brassica juncea Seeds Fatty Acids on the Growth of Leishmania tropica Promastigotes Isolated Culture in vitro

  • Author:
  • Maksood Adil Mahmoud Al-Doori1, Mohammad Mahmoud Farhan Al-Halbosiy2, Zainab Yaseen Mohammed Hasan2, Sarmed Mohammed Hussein3, Ahmed Flayyih Hasan2,4,*, Hany M. El-Wahsh5
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 90 to 98

1College of Health and Medical Techniques/Al-Dour, Northern Technical University, Iraq

2Biotechnology Research Center, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

3Research Tropical Biological Unit, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

4Department of Biology, Al-Farabi University College, Baghdad, Iraq

5Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding Author: Ahmed Flayyih Hasan, Biotechnology Research Center, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq, Email: ahmed_flayyih@nahrainuniv.edu.iq

Online Published on 10 March, 2026.

Abstract

Brassica juncea has many important phytochemical compounds like phenols, tannins, saponin, flavonoids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, proteins and important non-polar metabolites that possessed biological and nutrient importance.

The study employed extraction of fatty non polar components with petroleum ether from B. juncea (mustered) seeds and applying chemical analysis of mustard seeds extract with HPLC technique to investigate the chemical composition of the oil seeds that the plant rich with. Besides; study the effect of B. juncea non-polar seeds extract on the growth of Leishmania tropica promastigotes in vitro.

Results showed that the mustard seeds were rich with important fatty acid such as Erucic acid, -Oleic acid and Palmatic acid as matched the retention times of the standard used in the study. These compounds had been found to be toxic for cutaneous leishmaniasis culture that, affected the parasites with prolonged treatment periods.

Keywords

Brassica juncea, Erucic acid, Leishmania tropica, Mustard seeds