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Assessment of Phytochemical, FT-IR and GC-MS Fingerprint Profiling of Marine Angiosperms Enhalus acoroides (L.f) Royle and Syringodium isoetifolium (Asch) Dandy, Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu

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  1. 1Department of Botany, V.O.Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi, (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University), Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.
  2. 2Ethnopharmacology Unit, Research Department of Botany, V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.
  3. 3Department of Zoology, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

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Veerabahu Ramasamy Mohan

Ethnopharmacology Unit, Research Department of Botany, V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

vrmohanvoc@gmail.com

Received: 25-05-2022; Revised: 06-07-2022; Accepted: 02-08-2022.

Volume 11, Issue 2 · pp. 468-475 · 2022 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2022.11.64

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Objectives: Seagrasses, the marine angiosperm plants, grow in saline environments. Fully submerged in the sea, they are widely distributed along the Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve regions of Tamil Nadu. The current study was carried out to evaluate the possible bioactive components present in seagrasses Enhalus acoroides and Syringodium isoetifolium.Methodology: Petroleum ether, benzene, ethyl acetate, methanol, ethanol, and aqueous extracts were subjected to qualitative tests for the identification of phytoconstituents as per standard procedure. The functional groups of plant powder were identified using FTIR analysis. The ethanol extracts were analyzed via GC-MS techniques.Results: The presence of catechin, flavonoid, phenol, saponin, tannin, and glycoside is revealed through the phytochemical screening of the diverse solvent extracts of E. acoroides and S. isoetifolium. The Fourier Transform-Infra Red (FT-IR) spectroscopy analysis confirmed the presence of hydroxyl, phenolics/alcohol, alkane, ester, ether, amine, and others. The Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrum (GC-MS) analysis showed the presence of ten phytocompounds, including n-Hexadecanoic acid, phytol, stigmasterol, hexadecanoic acid, and methyl ester.Conclusion: The analyses proved the presence of important bioactive compounds with medicinal properties in the marine angiosperms found in the Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve regions of Tamil Nadu. The therapeutic effects of seagrasses were the result of the presence of bioactive components in them.

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    Selvam, M. S., Tresina, P. S., Benjamin, J., & Mohan, V. R. (2022). Assessment of Phytochemical, FT-IR and GC-MS Fingerprint Profiling of Marine Angiosperms Enhalus acoroides (L.f) Royle and Syringodium isoetifolium (Asch) Dandy, Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences, 11(2), 468-475. https://doi.org/10.5530/ajbls.2022.11.64

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