Authors : Arun Patil and Varsha Jadhav (Rathod)
Page Nos : 216-219
Description :
Plants serve as a basis of traditional medicinal systems for thousands of years. Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. is one of the important medicinal plant belonging to family Meliaceae and commonly called as Narang. It is much branched shrub grows up to a height of 4 metres. Traditionally leaves of this plant are used in the treatment of urine stone, snake bite, dog bite and to cure psoriasis. The present investigation was carried out to determine the chemical components in the leaves of C. bacciferaby GC-MS technique. It is observed that n-Hexadecanoic acid (14.15%); Phytol (10.86%) and Sclareoloxide (29.17%) are found as the major compounds while Lauric anhydride (5.27%); Tetradecanoic acid (1.09%); 9-Eicosyne (3.73%); 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol (0.78%); 1,4-Eicosadiene (0.99%); Pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-methyl ester (3.33%); 1H-Naptho (2,1-b) pyran, 3-ethenyl dodecahydro-3, 4a, 7,7, 10a-pentamethyl (2.85%); 9,12,15-Octadecatrien-1-ol (6.37%); Octadecanoic acid (2.08%); 2,6,10-Dodecatrien-1-ol, 3,7,11-trimethyl (7.75%); Longifolenaldehyde (0.93%); 1-Heptatriacotanol (1.69%) and Squalene (6.66%) are found as minor compounds. Many of these phytocomponents have antimicrobial, anti inflammatory, hypocholesterolemic, antioxidant, analgesic and antipyretic properties which justify the folklore use of leaves in traditional system to cure various ailments.
Keywords: GC-MS analysis, phytocomponents, leaf, Cipadessa baccifera, ailments.
