The phytochemicals produced in the plants tissue are good in their roles for which they were prepared in cells by participating in different metabolisms; meanwhile they have ability to protect plants from their predators. These phytochemicals posses the capacity in curing the different diseases when they are edible by humans. In this point of view, the present study was carried out to screen the phytochemical constituents present in the traditional medicinal plant Gmelina asiatica Linn belongs to the family Lamiaceae which has been using in the treatment of dengue, filariasis and treat hair fall diseases like dandruff around the Andhra Pradesh, India. The qualitative phytochemical analysis was carried out by standard protocols and the same extract was analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) for identification of different phytochemicals present in the G. asiatica. The extract showed the positive results for the steroids, terpenoids, phenols, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins and carbohydrates and the extract gave negative result for saponins and oils. Fifteen (15) compounds were first time reported on G. asiatica fruit extracts using GC-MS analysis. The present study provide the scientific evidence to its traditional use in the treatment of diseases and phytochemicals identified in the GC-MS have the ability to cure the diseases so, further research is needed for the isolation of pure compounds and study of plant extracts biological activity.
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