GC-MS ANALYSIS OF THE ETHANOL EXTRACT OF BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM (L.) DC (OXALIDACEAE)

The medicinal plant Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC possess a wide spectrum of medicinal properties and are therefore used in the treatment of for asthma, snakebites, stomachalgia and phthisis, positive effects in inflammatory diseases, anti-tumor activities and antioxidant activity. In the present study, ethanol extracts from Biophytum sensitivum were subjected to GC-MS analysis to study the important phytochemical constituents responsible for the above reported pharmacological activities. The crude extracts of ethanol were obtained by soxlet method. The GC-MS analysis of ethanol extract from Biophytum sensitivum revealed the presence of eighteen phytocompounds. The compounds were identified by comparing their retention time and peak area with that of literature and by interpretation of mass spectra. The most prevailing major compounds were 9, 12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z) (50.36%), n-Hexadecanoic acid (17.42%), 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester (E,E) (6.34%) and 2-Pentadecanne, 6,10,14-trimethyl- (3.31%).