Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
RN Ashwini, S Kamala Bai, KT Prasanna and KN Geetha

Abstract:
Alternanthera philoxeroides is considered to be one of the worst aquatic weeds in the world. The aquatic form of the plant is a serious threat to waterways, agriculture and the environment. Due to a situation of changing climate, this alligator weed has recently become a dominating invasive weed all over the world. Recent studies have looked into the possibility of a plant producing possible allelocompounds. It is crucial to extract these bioactive chemicals using specific solvents. Hence the present study was on use of different solvent viz. water and ethanol to extract potential compounds using GC-MS was studied. The GC-MS analysis shows different peaks with low and high molecular weight determining the presence of many bioactive compounds. The phytoconstituents in the ethanolic extract and aqueous extracts different plant parts of A. philoxeroides have been screened by using GC-MS analysis. Aqueous extracts show higher phytoconstituents than the ethanol extracts. This study helps to explore the potential compounds and the presence of these compounds may proceed to find out various allelochemicals present the plant.