Abstract

Abstract:The presentstudy was carried out to find the chemical constituents from aerial parts ofmedicinal important plant Artemisiapallens. The Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric technique was used todetermine the presence of various chemical constituents. The present studyrevealed that the aerial parts of Artemisia pallens accumulate aconsiderable amount of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and fatty acid derivativeswhich are mostly constituents of essential oils. Three solvents viz. Methanol,Petroleum ether and Dichloromethane were used for extraction. The resultsshowed the presence of 16 compounds in the Methanolic extract, 13 compounds inthe Petroleum ether extract and 17 compounds in the Dichloromethane extract.

Keywords:Artemisiapallens,GC-MS, Phytochemical, Secondary metabolites.