Study of Rhizomes of Tectariacoadunata with special reference to Phytochemical and GC-MS

Abstract

Pteridophytes are one of the oldest and primitive vascular plant groups on the earth. Tectariacoadunata belongs to the family of Dryopteridaceae. The dried extract of rhizomes of Tectariacoadunata has various bioactivities such as antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti inflammatory. The present investigation was undertaken to study the presence of secondary metabolites and GC-MS analysis of rhizomes of fern. The secondary metabolites consist of Tannin, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Saponin, Steroids and coumarin. All this phytochemical plays an important role in the development of plants.The GC-MS study reveals that the presence of 11 metabolites.