ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS LINN. BY GC-MS

Abstract

Plants are a tremendous source for the discovery of new products of medicinal value for drug development. Today several distinct chemicals derived from plants are important drugs currently used in one or more countries in the world. Many of the drugs sold today are simple synthetic modifications or copies of the naturally obtained substances. In the present study, the bioactive components of Cissus quadrangularis Linn. whole plant has been evaluated using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrum (GC-MS). Ten compounds in methanolic extract were identified. n-Hexadecanoic acid (25.63%) was the prevailing compound in methanolic extract, which is suggested to be an anticancer compound.