MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF VOLATILE CONSTITUTENTS OF JACK FRUIT POWDER

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) powder was investigated in terms of its volatile chemical composition through Gas Chromatography ? Mass Spectrometry (Scion 436-GC Bruker model coupled with a Triple quadruple mass spectrophotometer) and NIST-MS library. Twenty seven compounds were identified from jackfruit powder. The major jackfruit volatile compounds with significant relative percentage were: 9,12- Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, Lup-20(29)-en-3-one, 9,19-Cyclo-9β-lanostane-3β,25-diol, 5- Hydroxymethylfurfural and n-Hexadecanoic acid. Major of the compounds belongs to fatty acids, steroids and terpernoids which have various pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory, anti allergic, antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-microbial and many more. This study is an important data for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries, which use multiple bioactive compounds for the formulation of drugs and other functional foods. Keywords: Jackfruit, GC-MS, steroids, fatty acids