CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS INVESTIGATION OF LUCAS ASPERA LEAVES - A POTENTIAL FOLKLORE MEDICINAL PLANT

Abstract

Lucas aspera (Willd.) Linn. is a potential folklore medicinal plant (Lamiaceae) used as an antipyretic and insecticide. In this study, fatty acid esters, fatty acid amide, triterpene, diterpene alcohols and phytol were identified as the major chemical groups in the methanol fractions of L.aspera leaf extracts. Their structures were elucidated, on the basis of GC-MS data, Phytol (24.55%), 9, 12, 15-Octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester (z, z, z) (22.97%), n-Hexadecanoic acid (17.17%), Squalene (5.28%) and 1, 2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis(2-methylpropyl) ester (4.44%).