Author(s):
P. Jayashree, M. Shalini, Meenambiga S. S., V. Suganya
Email(s):
meenambiga.se@velsuniv.ac.in
DOI:
10.5958/0974-360X.2020.01028.8 
Address:
P. Jayashree, M. Shalini, Meenambiga S. S.*, V. Suganya
Department of Bio-Engineering, School of Engineering, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, India.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 13,
Issue - 12,
Year - 2020
ABSTRACT:
The present study was carried out in Epiphyllum oxypetalum flower to analyse the bioactive compounds present in it. Epiphyllum oxypetalum is a unique plant which blooms only in the night month of June to September. The bioactive compounds obtained from medicinal plant have been treated for various ailments caused by micro- organism and it has been analysed with various part of the plant but not in the flower of this plant. Extraction was carried out by using flower sample using maceration method with solvents such as chloroform, ethanol, hexane and aqueous. The crude extracted sample was tested for phytochemical activity, and it showed the presence of compounds such as alkaloids, saponins, proteins and amino acids, terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, and tannins. Thin layer Chromatography and Column chromatography was performed with the formation of 4 bands in the ethanol extract. The purified sample has been further analysed using Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry [GC-MS] to check the phytocompounds present in the sample. The first compound identified with less retention time (2.86min) was Hexadecanoic acid, ethyl ester and the last compound which took long retention time (30.81min) was Pterin-6- carboxylic acid. Thus, these plant compounds could be isolated in future to explore their diverse biological activities.
Cite this article:
P. Jayashree, M. Shalini, Meenambiga S. S., V. Suganya. Phytochemical Screening and GC-MS Analysis of Epiphyllum oxypetalum flower extracts. Research J. Pharm. and Tech. 2020; 13(12):5893-5897. doi: 10.5958/0974-360X.2020.01028.8
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P. Jayashree, M. Shalini, Meenambiga S. S., V. Suganya. Phytochemical Screening and GC-MS Analysis of Epiphyllum oxypetalum flower extracts. Research J. Pharm. and Tech. 2020; 13(12):5893-5897. doi: 10.5958/0974-360X.2020.01028.8 Available on: https://www.rjptonline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2020-13-12-43
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