Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

Preliminary GC-MS profiling of Bhallataka Oil

  • Author:
  • Anu Ruhila1, Anupam Srivastava2, Pramod Yadav3, R. Galib4, Pradeep Kumar Prajapati5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 24, 2021
  • Page Number: 108 to 110

1Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi-26.

2Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi-26.

3Department of RSBK, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi-76.

4Department of RSBK, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi-76.

5Department of RSBK, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi-76.

Abstract

Bhallataka (Semecarpus anacardium Linn.) is one of the herbs used traditionally for treatment, since age old period in various systems of medicine. Ayurveda literatures are available with various dosage forms of Bhallataka. An attempt made to detect chemical constituents present in the crude oil of Bhallataka through GC- MS. Phyto-constituents like Hexadecanoic acid, Octadecadienoic acid, Oleic Acid, 7-Tetradecene, Docosanoic acid, docosyl esteretc observed in Bhallataka Oil. These all have already been reported in previous studies.

Keywords

Anti-inflammatory, Anthelmintic, Anti-oxidant, Immunomodulatory, Anticancerous, Hypoglycemic activity