International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology ISSN: 2326-7267 Vol. 3 (10), pp. 001-002, October, 2012. © International Scholars Journals

Short Communication

Neutral components in the leaves and seeds of Syzygium cumini

A. Kumar^{1, 2*}, T. Jayachandran^{1, 2}, P. Aravindhan^{1, 2}_, D. Deecaraman^{1, 2}, R. Ilavarasan³ and N. Padmanabhan^{1, 2}

¹Dr. M. G. R. University, Chennai-95, India

²Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. M. G .R. University, Maduravoyal, Chennai-600 095, India.

³Assistant Director, CSMDRIAS, Chennai-109, India.

Accepted 21 July, 2012

Abstract

The Syzygium cumini has medicinal importance as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiulcergenic. The major components of the leaves and seeds have the acid, neutral and phenolic fractions. In this study, the neutral fraction components which form the bulk is studied in detail and results were presented. The neutral components of the leaves and seeds have been studied by gas-chromatography. A total of 13 and 42 compounds were identified in the leaves and seeds respectively. The main compounds in the leaf extract were heptacosane, nonacosane, octacosane, tricontane, octadecane and in the seed extract, 4-(2-2-dimethyl-6-6-methylenecyclohexyl) butanol, decahydro-8a-ethyl-1,1,4a,6-tetramethylnaphalene, octadecane, 1-chlorooctadecane and tetratetracontane were identified. The major compound in the leaves was octadecane and in the seed 1-chlorooctadecane.