Comparative phytochemical analysis of wild and cultivated rhizomes of Hedychium spicatum Buch. Ham. of north west Himalaya
| Main Authors: | N. Lohani, G. Tewari, G. C. Joshi, L. M. Tewari, J. Chandra, K. Kishor |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2015
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https://zenodo.org/record/5606440 |
Daftar Isi:
- Department of Botany, Department of Chemistry, D. S. B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital-263 002, Uttarakhand, India E-mail : geeta_k@rediffmail.com RRIHF, C.C.R.A.S., Tarikhet, Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India Manuscript received online 02 November 2013, revised 29 July 2013, accepted 08 August 2014 he pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agricultural demand of medicinal and aromatic plant species causes promotion of their commercial cultivation in order to meet the increasing demand within the domestic and export markets. Rhizomes of Hedychium spicatum Buch. Ham. (Family : Zingiberaceae), contain bioactive compounds that are responsible for anti-inflammatory, ant-asthmatic, hypoglycaemic, vasodialator and other antimicrobial properties. The present investigation aimed to evaluate chemical profile of H. spicatum collected from north west Himalaya. Processed rhizomes were analyzed for the presence of metals, alkaloids, fatty acids and volatiles by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and GC-MS combined with HS-SPME. Comparison of data was done with the help of Student’s t-test and is presented as mean ± standard deviation at significance level p ≤ 0.05. Metal/nutrients generally significantly increased in cultivated plant except B (55.50 to 51.60 ppm) and Cl (150.00 to 141.50 ppm). Except linoleic acid (18 : 2Ѡ6 50.00 to 57.33), oleic acid (18 : 3Ѡ9 10.00 to 14.24) and γ-linolenic acid (18 : 3Ѡ6 1.00 to 1.30), all the tested fatty acids significantly decreased in cultivated H. spicatum. Only considerable variations were recorded in chemical constituents after three years of experimental cultivation. Acid value ranged from 1.30 to 1.40 while saponification value 108.00 to 111.80 for wild and cultivated rhizomes respectively. There is considerable qualitative variation in the composition of the chemical contents of both the wild and cultivated samples.