SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS OF TAGETES ERECTA L. BY GC – MS ANALYSIS

Abstract

Herbs are considered to be the backbone of traditional medicines from Hispanic days. About 80% of the World's population depends on the traditional medicines for various ailments.   With this background, the present investigation was concentrated on the screening of bioactive components of Tagetes erecta L.  The GC-MS analysis of dried leaves and flower samples were carried out using GC-MS-QP 2010 model with methanol as solvent. Around 19 and 31 phytochemicals were registered in leaf and flower samples, respectively which have high therapeutic value in the commercial available drugs.

Key words

Bioactive, extraction, GC – MS analysis, peak, therapeutic