AN EFFICIENT AND SIMPLE METHODOLOGY COUPLING MICROWAVE ASSISTED EXTRACTION TO GC-MS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS IN ROOT BARK OF GUAZUMA TOMENTOSA

10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12

Volume 4 Issue 1 2013 (January - March) AN EFFICIENT AND SIMPLE METHODOLOGY COUPLING MICROWAVE ASSISTED EXTRACTION TO GC-MS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS IN ROOT BARK OF GUAZUMA TOMENTOSA Microwave Assisted Extraction (MAE) of phytochemicals from medicinal plants has generated tremendous research interest and shown great potential. In this study, MAE method coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to monitor the organic compounds of root bark of lessThan i greaterThan Guazuma tomentosa. lessThan /i greaterThan The extraction solvent, time and power were optimised prior to this. The GC-MS analysis of four fractions of the pet. ether extract led to the identification of 92 compounds including 17 flavonoids, 11 terpenoids, 3 steroids and a coumarin. R. JAIN, T. BHAGCHANDANI AND N. YADAV Microwave assisted extraction, Guazuma tomentosa, GC-MS analysis, flavonoids, terpenoids, coumarin. 520-533