The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry study of one medicinal plant, Stachytarpheta indica.

Objective: Scientific efficacy evaluation of herbal plants for their medicinal roles is needed to establish their importance in medical science. The present study deals with the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of one medicinal plant, Stachytarpheta indica. Methods: The GC-MS study of water extracts of the leaves of one herbal plant, S. indica was undertaken by standard procedures and its medicinal activity was verified with the biomolecules present in it. Results: The presence of some important biomolecules such as sulfurous acid, 2-ethylhexyl hexyl ester, and pentanoic acid has medicinal roles such as acidifier, arachidonic acid inhibitor, and increase aromatic amino acid decarboxylase activity. N-t-Butylpyrrole, 1-hexanol, 4-methyl-, 3-methyl-2-(2-oxopropyl)furan, butanoic acid, 3-methyl-, 3,7-dimethyl-6-octenyl ester, hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester, 11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid, methyl ester, 2-methylheptanoic acid and 2-propenoic acid, 3-(dimethylamino)-, methyl ester, etc., have very important medicinal roles which correlate well with the medicinal role of the plant. Conclusions: The results and discussion above clearly indicate that the various molecules present in S. indica leaf extracts do have medicinal roles ascribed to it and further work in this regard is on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]