Phytochemical and Elemental Analysis of Brassica juncea L. Leaves using GC-MS and SEM-EDX Sharma Anket, Kumar Vinod, Kaur Parminder, Thukral Ashwani Kumar, Bhardwaj Renu* Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: renubhardwaj82@gmail.com
Online published on 1 January, 2016. Abstract Brassica juncea L. is known for its nutrition as well as medicinal importance. Phytochemical profiling was done by analysing ethanolic extracts using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), and elemental composition was determined using scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX). Main phytochemicals identified were n-octacosane (28.70%), neophytadiene (12.73%), linolenic acid (11.44%) and oleic acid (6.16%). Some of the elements detected were nitrogen (4.91%), sulphur (0.68%), potassium (2.71%) and calcium (2.16%). Top Keywords Indian mustard, elements, medicinal value, green vegetable, ethanolic extract. Top |