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VOL. 7, ISSUE 1 (2022)
Phytochemical and FTIR analysis of different plant parts of Acmella ciliata (Kunth) Cass.
Authors
S Neethu Mohan, Veena Vijayan, T S Preetha
Abstract
Acmella ciliata (Kunth) Cass. of Family Asteraceae, is used as a spice and as a traditional medicine for the treatment of toothaches. The leaf extract has several uses in folk medicine, because of its analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties and the plant is the active ingredient in some herbal medicinal products. The present study was undertaken to detect the phytochemical components from selected plant parts. Methanolic extract of flower heads, leaf, stem and root samples of A. ciliata subjected to preliminary qualitative phytochemical analysis revealed reducing sugar, flavanoids, terpenoids, steroids, tannins, coumarins, alkaloid, saponins, glycoside, anthraquinone and phlobatannins, whose presence varied invariably in the samples tested. The FTIR spectrum was used to identify the functional groups of the active components present in the powder samples of the flower heads, stem, leaf and root samples of A. ciliata that revealed the presence of amide as functional group which is substantiated with the presence of C=O stretch thereby indicating the occurrence of akylamides.
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Pages:507-513
How to cite this article:
S Neethu Mohan, Veena Vijayan, T S Preetha "Phytochemical and FTIR analysis of different plant parts of <em>Acmella ciliata </em>(Kunth) Cass. ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 7, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 507-513
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