Abstract

FTIR AND GC-MS ANALYSIS OF GOJIHVA (Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f.) – AN AYURVEDIC VEGETABLE AND HERB

Dr. Yashika Bidhuri, Dr. Shivani Ghildiyal* and Dr. Tanuja Neasari

Abstract

The plant Gojihva (Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f.) is widely mentioned in classics and is advised to be used as a vegetable in fever, wound, diabetes etc. In spite of this fact, the drug is yet not mentioned in Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India and ICMR databases and thus a complete monograph is still unavailable. The preliminary Phytochemical analysis shows presence of various active constituents viz. Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Glycosides, Steroids, Tannins, Saponins etc in different extracts but definite functional group analysis still remains. FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) and GC-MS are tests to know the unknown functional groups and their structures. Thus, the FTIR and GC-MS study was planned to investigate the functional groups of the unexplored drug of Ayurveda Launaea nudicaulis L. Hook. f.

Keywords: FTIR, GC-MS, Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f., Gojihva.