GC-MS Analysis of bioactive components on aerial parts of Cissus quadrangularis L.

Research Article

T. Sathish Kumar1, A. Anandan1

Abstract

Medicinal plants are the backbone of traditional medicine. The present study of phytochemical analysis of aerial parts of Cissus quadrangularis L. Var-I with 50% alcoholic extract, the phytochemical compounds were investigated using Perkin-Elmer Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy. In these GC-MS analysis 30 phytochemical compounds predominantly Acid derivatives are present included Fatty Acid, Fatty Acid Ester, Alcoholic Compounds and Hydrocarbon. This analysis revealed that the existence of n-hexadecanoic acid. These different active phytochemicals have been found to possess a wide range of biological activities

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