Gas chromatography-mass sprectometry analysis of Cardiospermum halicacabum Linnaeus (Sapindaceae) and Chenopodium album Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) leaves

Abstract

Plants produce enormous varieties of chemicals which are believed to be important in mediating the interaction between them and their environment. Modern chemistry has discovered the structures of many of these biologically active compounds and systematic studies of natural products for plant protection became recognized within the field of chemistry. Secondary metabolites have been studied using the approach of classical phytochemistry, focused on knowledge of the chemical components of a plant. In the present study the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry of Cardiospermum halicacabum and Chenopodium album leaf extracts were analyzed.