IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL PLANT STEROLS FROM IPOMOEA AQUATICA FORSK FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE BY GC-MS ANALYSIS
D.Sivaraman *, P. Panneerselvam, P.Muralidharan, T.Purushoth Prabhu, R.Vijaya Kumar
ABSTRACT
Ipomoea aquatica Forsk (IA) belongs to the family Convolvulaceae
grows wild and is cultivated throughout Southeast Asia and it is a
widely consumed vegetable in these regions and also considered to be
as an important folklore medicine for the treatment of various ailments.
Only a very few scientific studies have been conducted on its
medicinal, pharmacological and ethano botanical aspects of this plant.
The current study was carried out to analyze the active
phytoconstituents present in the leaf of Ipomoea aquatica. Total of
eighteen constituents was identified in the gas chromatography with
mass spectroscopic analysis of hydro alcoholic extract of Ipomoea
aquatica Forsk (HAEIA) .In which the bio active plant sterol such as
stigmasterol and gamma-sitosterol possesses potent Nootropic, antiinflammatory,
antioxidant, hypoglycemic and anti-cancer activity.
Keywords: Ipomoea aquatica Forsk; Convolvulaceae; Stigmasterol;Gamma-sitosterol;Gas chromatography.
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