Abstract

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY DETERMINATION OF BIO-ACTIVE COMPONENTS FROM TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRECUM L.

B. Arirudran* Mohammed Aslam and R. Balabhaskar

Abstract

Background: Herbs have high medicinal value in Indian homes and proved to arrest, reduce and terminate many diseases by the use of active constituents prepared out of them. Trigonella foenum-graecum L. plant is widely distributed throughout the world and which belongs to the family Fabacecae. Aim: In this present study determination of the bioactive components from seeds of Trigonella foenum grecum L has been evaluated using standard GC/MS method. Result: Result of this GC/MS analysis reveals that, methanolic extract of Trigonella foenum grecum L. consists of 3,5-Decadiyne, 2,2-dimethyl, 12- Hydroxy-14-methyl-oxa-cyclotetradec-6-en-2-one, 4H-1Benzopyran- 4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl), 16-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester, [1,1’Bicyclopropyl]-2-octanoic acid,2’-hexyl-, methyl ester, Curan-17-oic acid, 19, 20-dihydroxy-, methyl ester, (19S), 9- Cycloheptadecen-1-one. Conclusion: This study offer a platform of using Trigonella foenum graecum L. seed as raw drug alternative for the current synthetic agents.

Keywords: Trigonella foenum grecum, GC/MS, Bioactive components. Apigenin, Civetone.