Volume : 6, Issue : 3, March - 2017

STUDIES ON ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF BRASSICA OLERACEA L. VAR. ITALICA (BROCCOLI) AND THEIR EFFECT ON DALDA INDUCED ALBINO RATS

V. Ramamurthy, K. Durga Devi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Plants are a rich source of secondary metabolites with interesting biological activities. </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Avicennia germinans&nbsp;</span></i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">is a</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> traditional medicinal plant and the leaves have tremendous medicinal values. In the present study ethanolic leaf extract of </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Avicennia germinans</span></i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> was analyzed using Gas Chromatography&ndash;Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and the compound structures were identified with help of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) liary. GC-MS analysis of test plant revealed the presence of 12 bioactive compounds. Among them 3-dodecene, 1-hexodeconol, 9-eicosene and Tetratriacontane are important bioactive compounds which act as essential drugs for dangerous diseases and disorders and other compounds are used in antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cytotoxicity and cancer preventive activities.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>