Phytochemical and GC–MS studies of Diospyros ferrea (Willd) Bakh. Leaf

Nitya Jeeva Prada P; Vishnu Vardhan Z; Srinivasa Reddy Ch

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

Phytochemical and GC–MS studies of Diospyros ferrea (Willd) Bakh. Leaf

Nitya Jeeva Prada P, Vishnu Vardhan Z, Srinivasa Reddy Ch

Abstract :

Diospyros ferrea is a small sized tree, belongs to family Ebenaceae. The present study was carried out to analyze the phytochemicals and to characterize the bioactive constituents present in different solvent extracts of Diospyros ferrea leaf using GC–MS. The crude extracts were scanned in the wavelength ranging from 200–1100 nm by using Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometer and the characteristic peaks were detected.10 g of sample is extracted with 30ml Hexane, ethylacetate and methanol separately for GC–MS analysis, filtered in ash less filter paper with 2 g sodium sulphate and extract is concentrated to 1 ml by bubbling nitrogen in to the solution. The results of the GC–MS analysis provide different peaks determining the presence of 40 phytochemical compounds with different therapeutic activities.