PROFILING OF PHYTOCHEMICALS IN ANNONA RETICULATA L. LEAF USING GC-MS ANALYSIS

Abstract

PAnnona reticulata L. belongs to the family Annonaceae and is native to West Indies, South and Central America. It is a medicinally important plant and mainly grown for its delicious and nutritious fruit. Fresh leaves were used to prepare ethanolic extract and further used in GC-MS analysis for isolation and identification of compounds present in them. GCMS chromatogram showed 47 peaks showing the presence of 47 compounds. Vitamin E (28.73%) was present in highest percent and 2-Dodecylcyclobutanone in lowest percent (0.09%) with retention time 24.111minutes and 17.293 minutes respectively.