Essential Oil Extraction, Characterization and Anti microbial study of Cythocline purpurea from Konkan Region

Objective: The present study of was designed to evaluate the methods of essential oil, phytochemical composition and Anti Microbial Study of essential oil from Cythocline purpurea DC collected from Bhramhanwadi, Taluka Dapoli District Ratnagiri in Konkan Region. Methods: The Essential Oil was extracted by Hydro distillation using Clevenger's type Apparatus and characterization of essential oil was done by IR, GC-MS, GC-FID and Anti Microbial Activity. Results: Total 32 compounds were identified using Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectroscopy. The main components of essential oil are 4- hexen-1-ol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethenyl) (70.2%), 1,6 octadiene 3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl (39.9), Phenol, 2-methyl-5- (1-methylethenyl) (42.2%), etc. GC-FID shows number of components of present essential oil. IR confirms the identification of components. Chemical Investigation were done to determine its molecular formula and structure.