{"id":14019,"date":"2026-01-14T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:13:08","slug":"phytochemical-investigation-of-basella-alba-basellaceae-cultivated-in-iraq-and-assessment-of-its-antileishmanial-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019","title":{"rendered":"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The College of Pharmacy discussed the MSc thesis entitled \u201cPhytochemical Investigation of Basella alba<\/em> (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity\u201d by the student Sara Hamid Hachim and the supervisor, Assistant Professor Dr. Nabaa Mohammed Ibrahim, at the Pharmacognosy and Medicinal Plant Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study aimed to characterize the phytochemical constituents of Basella alba cultivated in Iraq and to evaluate the antileishmanial activity of the petroleum ether fraction.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study included defatting of the plant material using n-hexane, followed by Soxhlet extraction and successive solvent fractionation based on polarity. Phytochemical characterization of the obtained fractions was performed using thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), liquid chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (LC\u2013MS), gas chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (GC\u2013MS), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (^1H NMR), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The antileishmanial activity of the petroleum ether fraction was assessed using the MTT assay, with Pentostam serving as the positive control.<\/span><\/p>\n

The results showed that phytochemical analysis confirmed the presence of alkaloids, lupeol, \u03b2-sitosterol, and a variety of phenolic and flavonoid compounds. In addition, the petroleum ether fraction demonstrated a significant, dose-dependent antileishmanial activity against Leishmania tropica, as evidenced by the MTT assay results.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study recommended that Iraqi Basella alba represents a potential source of bioactive phytochemicals with antileishmanial activity, supporting its possible application in pharmaceutical and drug-development research.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

<\/div>
\"\"
<\/i><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
\"\"
<\/i><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
\"\"
<\/i><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The College of Pharmacy discussed the MSc thesis entitled \u201cPhytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and … <\/i>more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-dissuasion"],"yoast_head":"\nPhytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity - College of Pharmacy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity - College of Pharmacy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The College of Pharmacy discussed the MSc thesis entitled \u201cPhytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and ... more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Pharmacy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collegeofpharmacy1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T21:13:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"copharm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"copharm\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"copharm\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/person\/85a43e42ae13b942c002c21c7772fd83\"},\"headline\":\"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T21:13:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Activates\",\"dissuasion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\",\"name\":\"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity - College of Pharmacy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T21:13:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/\",\"name\":\"College of Pharmacy\",\"description\":\"University of baghdad\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Baghdad\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/05\/pharmacy-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/05\/pharmacy-logo.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":188,\"caption\":\"University of Baghdad\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collegeofpharmacy1\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/college_of_pharmacy_uob\/?igsh=NWcwMnFpd2M5bDdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/person\/85a43e42ae13b942c002c21c7772fd83\",\"name\":\"copharm\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f92b31e3166ccc8eb8809e0d2fd33dc624d190730b3e36686c99ffdac172690b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f92b31e3166ccc8eb8809e0d2fd33dc624d190730b3e36686c99ffdac172690b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"copharm\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?author=9\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity - College of Pharmacy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity - College of Pharmacy","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The College of Pharmacy discussed the MSc thesis entitled \u201cPhytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and ... more","og_url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019","og_site_name":"College of Pharmacy","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collegeofpharmacy1","article_published_time":"2026-01-14T21:13:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"copharm","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"copharm","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019"},"author":{"name":"copharm","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/person\/85a43e42ae13b942c002c21c7772fd83"},"headline":"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity","datePublished":"2026-01-14T21:13:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019"},"wordCount":268,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg","articleSection":["Activates","dissuasion"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019","url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019","name":"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity - College of Pharmacy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-14T21:13:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/5399914999918038137.jpg","width":1280,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14019#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phytochemical Investigation of Basella alba (Basellaceae) Cultivated in Iraq and Assessment of Its Antileishmanial Activity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/","name":"College of Pharmacy","description":"University of baghdad","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#organization","name":"University of Baghdad","url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/05\/pharmacy-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/05\/pharmacy-logo.png","width":200,"height":188,"caption":"University of Baghdad"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collegeofpharmacy1","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/college_of_pharmacy_uob\/?igsh=NWcwMnFpd2M5bDdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/person\/85a43e42ae13b942c002c21c7772fd83","name":"copharm","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f92b31e3166ccc8eb8809e0d2fd33dc624d190730b3e36686c99ffdac172690b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f92b31e3166ccc8eb8809e0d2fd33dc624d190730b3e36686c99ffdac172690b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"copharm"},"url":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?author=9"}]}},"modified_by":"copharm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14024,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14019\/revisions\/14024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}