Author:
Kaur Arshpreet,Sidhu M. C.,
Abstract
The present study was aimed to investigate the biologically active compounds present in the seed and leaf extracts of Millettia peguensis. Screening was done through preliminary qualitative analysis of phytochemicals and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) method. The study revealed the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, flavonoids, glycosides, gum and mucilage, phenolics, quinones, steroids and terpenoids in both aqueous and ethanol extracts of leaves and seeds. The GC-MS analysis of ethanol extracts of seeds and leaves have yielded 29 and 23 phytoconstituents, respectively. These observations were further validated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) of the leaves and seeds powder. FT-IR has provided detailed information of the various functional groups associated with the compounds present in the samples. A single compound was isolated through Column Chromatography and Thin Layer Chromatography whose characterization was done through mass spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy.
Publisher
Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA)
Subject
Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Pharmacology
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