PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Diplotaxis acris (Forssk.)

Abstract

Family cruciferae is a large family includes 375 genera. Members of this family are known to have a wide range of uses due to their variable constituents. A large number of cruciferous plant is of economical importance being either very common food plants or constitue important article in oil production, moreover many members of the family have wide applications in folk medicine. Diplotaxis acris (Forssk) of family cruciferae was studied in this work to investigate its chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity. The plant is eaten by the people in Sinai as Eruca sativa. It grows in stony desert soils , it was collected from wadi El Brouge in Nekhel city (middle of Sinai) during the year of 1995. The study was planned to establish chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of the plant.