Open AccessPhytochemical Analysis of Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. Leaf Extract Using GC-MS Analysis
Author(s) -
P Saravanan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences and drug research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-248X
DOI - 10.25004/ijpsdr.2017.090209
Subject(s) - phytochemical , traditional medicine , caesalpinia , chloroform , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , chemistry , chromatography , mass spectrometry , medicine
Most of the worlds populations residing in developing countries depend on alternative medicine and use of plant ingredients. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) is used in folk medicine for the treatment of various diseases including asthma, bronchitis, cholera, diarrhea, dysentery and malarial infection. The aim of the study to identified bioactive compounds presence in the chloroform leaf extract of Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. using Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. The leaf extraction was done by Soxhlet apparatus method. The GC-MS analysis has shown the presence of thirteen compounds in the chloroform leaf extract of Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. The identified bioactive compounds from this plant have been known to possess pharmacological activities.