Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 12

Phytochemical and Elemental Analysis of Brassica juncea L. Leaves using GC-MS and SEM-EDX

  • Author:
  • Anket Sharma, Vinod Kumar, Parminder Kaur, Ashwani Kumar Thukral, Renu Bhardwaj
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1662 to 1664

Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: renubhardwaj82@gmail.com

Online published on 1 January, 2016.

Abstract

Brassica juncea L. is known for its nutrition as well as medicinal importance. Phytochemical profiling was done by analysing ethanolic extracts using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), and elemental composition was determined using scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX). Main phytochemicals identified were n-octacosane (28.70%), neophytadiene (12.73%), linolenic acid (11.44%) and oleic acid (6.16%). Some of the elements detected were nitrogen (4.91%), sulphur (0.68%), potassium (2.71%) and calcium (2.16%).

Keywords

Indian mustard, elements, medicinal value, green vegetable, ethanolic extract