GC-MS Profiling of Aqueous and Methanolic Extracts of Meyna Laxiflora Robyns Leaf

Plants are the good source of various phytochemicals and secondary metabolites which are used in medicine and environmental sectors as well as being widely used in commercial and pharmaceutical products. In our earlier study we have reported the preliminary phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Meyna laxiflora Robyn leaf. The current study was carried out to analyze the active phytoconstituents present in the aqueous and methanolic extracts of leaf of Meyna laxiflora Robyns using GC-MS and the spectrum of unknown compounds was compared with the compounds stored in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Mass Spectral database (NIST). The gas chromatography with mass spectroscopic analysis showed thirtyeight compounds in aqueous extract and twentysix compounds in methanolic extract of Meyna laxiflora Robyns leaf.