Abstract

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND MASS SPECTROSCOPHY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF GARCINIA GUMMI GUTTA (L.) ROXB FRUIT

Raxshiya Smily J.*, Brabin R., Mohana Priya D., Renugaa Devi R. and Vigneswari R.

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Abstract

The plant Garcinia cambogia belongs to family Guttiferae (Clusiaceae). It is a wild subtropical tropical plant. The plants are shrubs or trees with yellow-greenish juice. It is widely used in Kerala as a culinary spice as well as have many medicinal properties. Mass spectrometry coupled with chromatographic separation such as gas chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis [GC-MS] is normally used for direct analysis of components existing in traditional medicines and medicinal plants. By GC-MS study various compounds are identified with various retention time.

Keywords: Hyphenated techniques, Alzheimer’s disease, retention time.