TY - JOUR AU - Chaskar, Pratip Kashinath AU - Tank, Shivali Hargovind AU - Doshi, Gaurav Mahesh PY - 2017/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES ON CESTRUM NOCTURNUM MACERATED METHANOLIC EXTRACT JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research JA - Asian J Pharm Clin Res VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Original Article(s) DO - 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i3.16134 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/16134 SP - 259-263 AB - <p>ABSTRACT<br />Objective: Phytochemical screening has revealed the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, carbohydrates, steroids, flavonoids, saponins, and tannins from<br />methanolic extract of Cestrum nocturnum. In this research, we have identified and confirmed the structures of the constituents by gas chromatography–<br />mass spectrometry (GC-MS) from the methanolic extract of C. nocturnum leaves.<br />Methods: Shade-dried leaves were powdered and extracted with methanol by cold extraction procedures and the crude extract obtained was used<br />for GC-MS.<br />Results: There were total five components prominently eluted from C. nocturnum extract, viz., ethyl citrate, phytol, 4-isobutylmorpholine,<br />n-hexadecanoic acid, and α-amyrin.<br />Conclusion: GC-MS studies helped to recognize the phytochemical constituents based on their retention time and verification of MS libraries. In<br />future, C. nocturnum leaves may be subjected to different extraction procedures and number of elucidating phytoconstituents can be studied for their<br />ethnopharmacological relevance citing the literature.<br />Keywords: Cestrum nocturnum, Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy, α-Amyrin, n-Hexadecanoic acid, Ethyl citrate, Phytol, 4-Isobutylmorpholine.</p> ER -