Open AccessGC-MS ANALYSIS PROFILE AND BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS OF FLOWERS OF Bergenia ciliata, A WEED OF ROCK CREVICES
Author(s) -
Malik Fiaz Hussain Ferdosi,
Iqra Haider Khan,
Arshad Javaid,
Hafiz Muhammad Khawar Saeed,
Ifrayeem Butt,
Ayesha Munir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of weed science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2225-7942
pISSN - 1815-1094
DOI - 10.28941/pjwsr.v27i4.1012
Subject(s) - pentadecanoic acid , weed , chemistry , methanol , botany , traditional medicine , horticulture , biology , organic chemistry , fatty acid , medicine
Bergenia ciliata is a weed of hilly areas of Pakistan that generally grows in rock crevices. In the present study, flowers of this weeds were collected from Murree. The dried flowers were extracted in methanol and subjected to GC-MS analysis that showed 7 compounds in it. The predominant compound was hexanedioic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester (48.88%) followed by γ-sitosterol (22.56%). Moderately occurring compound was cyclohexane, 1,3,5-triphenyl- (12.87%). The remaining compounds namely n-hexadecanoic acid (4.97%), pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-, methyl ester (3.77%), 9,12-octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, (Z,Z)- (2.94%) and 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester, (Z,Z,Z)- (2.92%) were categorized as less abundant compounds. Literature survey indicated that these compounds possess antimicrobial, larvicidal, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and/or antidiabetic properties.