Author(s):
Abinash Patra, Haragouri Mishra, K Shyam Sundar Rao, Shyama Sundar Sahu, Swagatika Dash
Email(s):
haragourimishra@gmail.com
DOI:
10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00808 
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Abinash Patra1, Haragouri Mishra1*, K Shyam Sundar Rao1, Shyama Sundar Sahu1, Swagatika Dash2
1School of Pharmacy, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
2Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 18,
Issue - 11,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
Herbal plants used in the production of various chemicals are of vital importance mainly in the production of drugs. The area of research in biotechnology depends heavily on these herbal plants for diverse uses. Indeed, a variety of herbal constituents are used across India for uses ranging from the production of flavors to the production of fragrances, the production of pharmaceutical compounds, and the enhancement of food coloring. A large percentage of herbal products are procured from plant extracts, which contain high phytochemical content, also referred to as secondary metabolites, and comprise a wide variety of functional constituents. Various specific aspects have been linked to the therapeutic activity of these compounds, such as their amount and the names used to identify them. A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) process is used for the evaluation of the extracted compounds, which is found to be useful in the determination of the exact amount of active principles contained in the herbal plants used across different sectors ranging from cosmetics to medicine, food industries, and pharmaceutical industries. In our research, we used both the gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy processes in an attempt to identify the bioactive compounds available in whole plants using these analytical processes. GC-MS procedures can be used effectively to analyze herbal plants for the occurrence of different phytoconstituents ranging from different alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, and glycosides, all of which are constituents of the chemical composition of the plant.
Cite this article:
Abinash Patra, Haragouri Mishra, K Shyam Sundar Rao, Shyama Sundar Sahu, Swagatika Dash. GC-MS Techniques in the Study of Herbal Plants. Research Journal Pharmacy and Technology. 2025;18(11):5601-4. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00808
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Abinash Patra, Haragouri Mishra, K Shyam Sundar Rao, Shyama Sundar Sahu, Swagatika Dash. GC-MS Techniques in the Study of Herbal Plants. Research Journal Pharmacy and Technology. 2025;18(11):5601-4. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00808 Available on: https://www.rjptonline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-18-11-70
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