Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND GC–MS ANALYSIS OF OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM L. LEAVES

Manonmani R, Kaviya K

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Ocimum tenuiflorum L. is widely used as a medicine to cure various diseases. The present study was aim to determine the various phytochemical compounds of tulsi leaves. The qualitative analysis revealed the presence of various secondary metabolities such as tannins, saponin, flavonoids, terpenoids, cardiac glycosides, proteins, leuco anthocyanin, anthocyanin, coumarins, phenol, alkaloids, xanthoprotein, phenol, emodin and carbohydrates. From the quantitative analysis it was found that phytochemical constitution with the highest quantity was flavonoid (0.013mg/g) followed by saponin (0.008mg/g),alkaloid (0.005mg/g) , phenol (0.003mg/g), tannin (0.002mg/g) and terpenoid (0.001mg/g).From the GC–MS analysis of ethanolic leaves extract twenty compounds were identified. These compounds has various biological properties like antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti–inflammatory, antitumour etc. Hence this plant is beneficial to use as herbal medicine to cure various diseases.

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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND GC-MS ANALYSIS OF OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM L. LEAVES, MANONMANI R, KAVIYA K INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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