1Research Scholar, Head of the Department Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education, Kumarakovil, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India
2Professor, Head of the Department Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education, Kumarakovil, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India
*Corresponding Author: P. K. Praseetha, Professor, Head of the Department, Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education, Kumarakovil, Kumaracoil-629180, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India, Email: crkpkp@gmail.com
Online published on 19 August, 2019.
Bioactive compounds from herbal plants possess a wide range of pharmaceutical activities and one among them is Myristica fragrans (Nutmeg).
The present study involves extraction of potential phyto chemicals from the seed part of Myristica fragrans and to explore its biological activities.
Different solvents such as aqueous, acetone, ethyl acetate and chloroform were attempted to extract the Phytochemical from the seed. Among them, high yield of the extract was obtained with an aqueous solvent. Preliminary screening tests confirmed the presence of several Phytochemical in the seeds extracted with different solvents.
The analysis of GC-MS represents a variety of potential bioactive products that was extracted from ethyl acetates such as tetradecanoic acid, N-hexadecanoic acid, and oleic acid, Benzene, 1, 2, 3-Trimethoxy-5-(2-Propenyl), 2-Hydroxy-4-Isopropyl-7-Methoxytropone that to identify anticancer compounds present in the active seed extract.
The analysis of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer instrument and spectra obtained for the Myristica fragrans was interpreted with Characteristics IR absorption frequencies of Hydroxyl functional groups and carbonyl containing functional group.
Myristica fragrans bioactive compounds Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
