Phytochemical profiling of the leaves of Chenopodium and Polygonum using GC-MS

The aim of this study to screen the various phytochemicals present in the methanolic extracts of the oven dried leaves of Chenopodium ambrosioides, Chenopodium album, Polygonum barbatum and Polygonum lanigerum using GC-MS. The major compound present in C. ambrosioides is ergosta-7, 2, 2-dien-3-ol, (3beta, 22 E). In C. album the major compound detected are naphthalene, decahydro-1, 1, 4a-trimethyl-6-methylene-5-(3-methylene4-pentenyl)-[4aS-(4a alpha, 5alpha, 8abeta)]. Pentamethylmelamine is the major compound present in the P. barbatum. Stigmast-5-en-3-ol, (3beta)-24 beta-ethyl-5-delta-cholesten-3 beta-ol is the major compound found in P. lanigerum.