Abstract

Narendra Shahare* and Shroni Bodele

ABSTRACT

Ficus mollis Vahl is an important medicinal plant belongs to family Moraceae. The leaf extract of this plant in different solvents were analyzed for different phytochemicals. It shows presence of different phytochemicals like carbohydrates, phenol, tannins, proteins, amino acids, anthocyanin, saponin, flavonoid anthraquinones and cardiac glycosides. The analysis of the volatile compounds in the methanolic leaf extract was performed using GC-MS. About 100 compounds were reported out of which ten compounds are major while others are minors. The major compounds include Deoxyspergualin (7.79%), ç-Sitosterol (7.05%), Cyclopentasiloxane, decamethyl- (5.07%), dl-à-Tocophero (4.25%), 2,2,4-Trimethyl-3-(3,8,12,16-tetramethyl-heptadeca-3,7,11,15 tetraenyl)-cyclohexanol (2.75%), à-Amyrin (2.43%), 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, 2,3-bis[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]propyl ester, (Z,Z,Z)- (2.41%), Phytol (2.39%), 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, 2,3-bis[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]propyl ester, (Z,Z,Z)- (2.31%) and Cyclohexasiloxane, dodecamethyl- (2.12%).