‘The Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopic analysis Euphorbia heterophylla L.
Yuvaraj R , Vijayakumar R , Prabhu K , Rao M. R. K. , Balaji T K , Subashree Anantaraman , Kalaivannan J , Vijayalakshmi N
Abstract
Euphorbia heterophyllais used ethno-botanically as a strong purgative, antibacterial, antifungal and
antiplasmodial. The plant was collected from Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India and the ethyl acetate extract of
the whole plant was subjected to GC MS analysis after processing it as per protocol. The GC MS profile
revealed the presence of some important biomolecules such as, 5,5,8a-Trimethyl-3,5,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2Hchromene, 7-Octadecyne, 2-methyl-, 9, 12, 15-Octadecatrienoic acid, (Z,Z,Z)-, cis-10-Nonadecenoic acid, nNonadecanol-, Z-(13,14-Epoxy)tetradec-11-en-1-ol acetate, .beta.-Sitosterol, 4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-Octamethyl
1,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a,14boctadecahydro-2H-picen-3-one, Betulin, Stigmasterol, .beta.-
Amyrin, 1-Heptatriacotanol etc. These molecules indicate direct or indirect bearing on the medicinal role of this
plant
Keywords
GC MS, Herbal, Euphorbia heterophylla, .beta.-Sitosterol, Betulin, Stigmasterol, .beta.-Amyrin,