The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2017;6(3):174-177 ; DOI:10.31254/phyto.2017.6305
Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and GC-MS Analysis of Methanolic Extract of Turnera subulata Smith (Passifloraceae)
Vivekraj P1 , Vinotha S1 , Vijayan A1 , Anand Gideon V1
1. Department of Botany, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu- 620 017, India
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Received: 30th May, 2017 / Accepted: 2nd July, 2017
The investigation was carried out to determine the possible phytochemical constituents from aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts of Turnera subulata leaf extracts. Among the phytochemical screening of these extracts, Methanolic extract showed that the leaf was rich in alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins and quinones. The chemical composition of the plant leaf extract of T. subulata was investigated using Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectroscopy (Agilent-7890A GC instrument coupled with MS-5975) and NIST-MS library. GC-MS analysis of T. subulata plant leaf extract, revealed the existence of the GC-MS chromatogram of the major peaks presented in methanolic extract like Methyl 8,11,14-heptadecatrienoate (23.244%), Pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-,methyl ester (8.654%), n-Hexadecanoic acid (8.654%), 4H-Pyran4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl (6.598%), 1b,4a-Epoxy-2H-cyclopenta[3,4] cyclopropa[8,9]cycloundec[1,2-b] oxiren-5(1aH)-one(5.400%), 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1- ol(5.400%), etc. From this study it is obvious that T. subulata leaf extract contains many biologically active compounds and also it gives a detailed insight about the phytochemical profile which could be exploited for the development of plant based drug.
Turnera subulata, GC-MS, Methanol, Methyl 8,11,14-heptadecatrienoate, Pentadecanoic acid, 14- methyl-,methyl ester.
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Vivekraj P, Vinotha S, Vijayan A, Anand Gideon V. Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and GC-MS Analysis of Methanolic Extract of Turnera subulata Smith (Passifloraceae). J Phytopharmacol 2017;6(2):174-177.
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