Phytochemical Screening and GC- MS Analysis of Three Indian Traditional Medicinal Plants

Abstract

The investigation of current findings on phytochemicals and gas chromatography mass spectroscopy analysis (GCMS) of selected three Indian traditional medicinal plants namely Basil (Ocimum basilicum), Leucas (Leucas as pera) and Marigold (Tagetes erecta) of leaves of methanolic extract. All the plant extracts were screened to know their principle agents in qual itative phytochemical analysis. The qualitative phytochemical screening of O. basilicum leaves methanol extract shown positive results of fla vonoids, terpenoids, glycosides, alkaloids, phe nols, in L. aspera leaves shows all are present and in T. erecta leaves shown presence only for alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols and tannins whereas absence for terpenoids, glycosides and saponins. Out of three plants, L. aspera was selected for the spectroscopic studies by GCMS due to its active principles showed all the metabolites, in the GCMS results found 38 volatile compounds in the methanol extract of leaves. These plant extracts may possess in secticidal or larvicidal property due to strong ar omatic property of the plants and also observed these volatile compounds in the one of the plant extract and may utilze it in agro-horticulture ap plication as biocontrol agents