Phytochemical Screenings of the Marine Red Alga, Gracilaria Corticata

Gopalan Rajkumar, Periyakali Saravana Bhavan, Veeran Srinivasan and Rajendran Udayasuriyan
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Gopalan Rajkumar: Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Periyakali Saravana Bhavan: Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Veeran Srinivasan: Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Rajendran Udayasuriyan: Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Noble International Journal of Scientific Research, 2017, vol. 1, issue 8, 90-97

Abstract: The present study was aimed to understand the phytochemical screenings of the red alga, Gracilaria corticata was subjected to hexanic, acetonic and methanolic extactions. Hexanic extract of G. corticata showed presence of alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, polyphenols and quinones. Acetonic extract of G. corticata showed presence of alkaloids, tannins, polyphenols, saponins, cardiac glycosides and quinones. In case, methanolic extract of G. corticata contained tannins, polyphenols, saponins, cardiac glycosides and quinones. Further, GC-MS analyses of G. corticata revealed that presence of 17 secondary compounds (6 from hexanic, 4 from acetonic and 7 from methanolic extracts). Among the 17 compounds, 8 compounds (1 from acetonic and 6 from methanolic and 1 from all the three extracts) are possessed bioactive properties based on literature. Thus, G. corticata has significant amount of primary and secondary phytochemicals. Among the three solvents extractions, methanolic extract possessed more numbers of secondary as well as bioactive compounds.

Keywords: Red Alga; Phytochemicals; Bioactive Compounds. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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