GC/MS Determination of Bioactive Components of Murraya koenigii

Abstract

In this study, the bioactive components of Murraya koenigii leaves have been evaluated using GC/MS. The chemical compositions of the ethanol extract of Murraya koenigii were investigated using Perkin-Elmer Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, while the mass spectra of the compounds found in the extract was matched with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) library. GC/MS analysis of ethanol extract of Murraya koenigii revealed the existence of 1-Methyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (69.00%), Ethyl a-d- glucopyranoside (13.36%), Isolongifolene, 4,5-dehydro- (3.68%), c-HIMACHALENE (2.88%), 1,2-Ethanediol, monoacetate (2.79%) 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, diisooctyl ester (2.55%). The results of this study offer a platform of using Murraya koenigii as herbal alternative for the current synthetic antimicrobial agents.