GC-MS ANALYSIS PROFILE AND BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS OF FLOWERS OF Bergenia ciliata, A WEED OF ROCK CREVICES

Bergenia ciliata is a weed of hilly areas Pakistan that generally grows in rock crevices. In the present study, flowers this weeds were collected from Murree. The dried extracted methanol and subjected to GC-MS analysis showed 7 compounds it. predominant compound was hexanedioic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester (48.88%) followed by γ-sitosterol (22.56%). Moderately occurring cyclohexane, 1,3,5-triphenyl- (12.87%). remaining namely n-hexadecanoic acid (4.97%), pentadecanoic 14-methyl-, methyl (3.77%), 9,12-octadecadienoic ester, (Z,Z)- (2.94%) 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic (Z,Z,Z)- (2.92%) categorized as less abundant compounds. Literature survey indicated these possess antimicrobial, larvicidal, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and/or antidiabetic properties.