PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND GC-MS ANALYSIS OF ROOT EXTRACT FROM ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS L.

The present chemical analysis deals with Asparagus racemosus root for phytochemical screening and GC-MS analysis. Phytochemical constituent of the root extract was carried out according to the standard method. GC-MS analysis was performed on the methanolic extract of A. racemosus to find out the chemical constituents. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids, terpenoids, glycosides, tannins, terpenoids, saponins. GC-MS results revealed the presence of 6 different phytochemical constituents like, 2-Propanone, 1,3dihydroxy 1), 2-Fruancarboxy aldehyde, 5-(hydroxymethyl) 2), Hexadecanoic acid 3), n-Hexadecanoic acid 4), Ethanol, 2(Octyloxy)-5), 1,9-Nonanediol 6). The presence of various biological active compounds confirms the application of A. racemosus for various diseases by conventional practitioners. The obtained phytochemical constituent results demonstrate that the methanol root extract of Asparagus racemosus could be used corn foot, anticancer, diabetic healer. However, isolation of individual phytochemical constituents might be useful to formulate a novel drug.