RESEARCH ARTICLES

Volume 8 |Issue 3| May-June 2020                                 First published: 30 June 2020

GC-MS aspect of moss Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.

Wankhede TB

Department of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati, MS, India

Email: tusharwan@gmail.com

Abstract

The moss Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. occurs cosmopolitan occurring worldwide in distribution. Plants grown on moist rocks, cemented old walls, bridges, and bricks and even on soil surface. Plants found in loose to compact tufts, in large patches and green to yellowish green in colour. Thallus is simple and branched having slender stem which is erect and 5 to 10 mm high. Lower leaves found small, costa poorly developed and upper leaves large crowed at apex and upper cells sub-hexagonal, elongated, long and wide. Seta found erect two to three cm long, terminal and reddish on maturity. Capsule horizontal to pendulous, curved, pyriform, oblique, and globose at back. Operculum large convex, mouth wide and bear two rows of teeth. The plant Funaria itself have ecological significance especially nutrient recycling and its role in establishment of community in ecosystem. It possesses characteristic smell and habitat of micro flora due to unique phytochemicals present in it. Hence preliminary phytochemical analysis confirms the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides and terpenoids as an important phyto constituent. Using sophisticated techniques, the methanol extract was subjected for GC-Ms analysis and probable chemical correlation was tried to explore. Future advanced chemical analysis may lead to new platform for novel drugs.

Keywords:Moss, Phytochemicals, GC-MS analysis, Potency, drug design

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Wankhede TB. GC-MS aspect of moss Funaria hygrometrica Hedw, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2020, Volume 8(3): 121-124.

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