Saradhai Pandurangan

ABSTRACT

Leaves of Phyllanthus amarus are used traditionally by Indian and Chinese system of traditional medicine for the treatment of several diseases like hepato renal, skin and other infectious diseases. Methanolic extract of P. amarus from Salem region was screened for the presence of several bioactive compounds. It was evaluated using GC-MS analysis. The methanolic extract revealed the presence of 17 medicinally important bioactive compounds among those 9,12,15- Octadecatrienoic acid (Z,Z,Z) – showed highest peak of 9.10%, followed by gamma tocopherol - 6.04 %, oxozalone - 3.59%, n-hexadecanoic acid - 2.59%, Octadecanoic acid - 1.92%, 9,17- Octadecadienal (Z) - 0.43% and Phytol - 0.61% identified during analysis.