Pteridophytes are the sources of important therapeutic aids for alleviating human ailments. Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. F.)Underwood belonging to family Gleicheniaceae. It is one of the medicinally important pteridophyte, rhizome is used as anthelmintic, fluid extracted from fronds shows antibacterial activity and fronds are used for asthma. Ropes are made from them and also hats, cigars cases are also made. It is a unique terrestrial fern with long creeping, dichotomously branched rhizome.
Thus the present investigation to understand the bioactive compounds in the plant of D. linearis. It reveals that 3 bioactive compounds were identified from the ethanolic extract. These three different active compounds have been found to possess a wide range of activities.
Dicranopteris linearis, GC-MS analysis, Medicinal value
