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GC-MS Analysis of Root Extract of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.

RAVI BERWAL*, NEERU VASUDEVA, SUNIL SHARMA AND NEELAM BERWAL
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Sciences & Technology, Hisar-125 001
(Haryana), India
*(e-mail : ravipharman@gmail.com; Mobile : 9416893380)
(Received : February 18, 2019; Accepted : March 26, 2019)

ABSTRACT

Prosopis juliflora can grow on various types of soils even under adverse climatic conditions. Non-medicinal use of this plant includes charcoal, firewood, construction wood and animal fodder. Medicinal uses of plant include Alzheimer’s diseases, lepidopteran larval mortality, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant and antiinflammatory activity. Forty-eight compounds had been identified by GC-MS analysis of ethanol extract of roots from P. juliflora like mome-inositol, pyrogallol, cis-vaccenic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, ethyl linoleate, etc. These compounds can be used for management of various disorders.

Key words : Prosopis juliflora, root, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant