UV, FT-IR, and GC-MS analysis of Caralluma fimbriata

Abstract

Medicinal plants have performed a very important role in medicine production. The plant extracts directly has demonstrated to be safe. In the present studies, examines the activity of Caralluma group comparing it with placebo group. The patented extract of Caralluma fimbriata, plant helps to reduce the weight. This study was elongated by analyzing the effective bioactive compounds of extract of Caralluma fimbriata using UV- Visible spectrophotometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) and Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The analysis of Caralluma fimbriata shows the increased activity in Caralluma group then comparing to placebo group. Hence, it is widely used in various treatments especially in maintaining the body weight.