ANALYSIS OF OIL COMPOSITION OF THE BENZENE EXTRACT OF CORIANDRUM SATIVUM LINN FRUIT BY SOXHLATION AND MACERATION TECHNIQUE
Coriandrum sativum Linn [Family Apiceae] is a medicinal herb used in the treatment of various disease and disorders. The present investigation was carried out to determine the change in the oil composition of the benzene extract of C.sativum fruits by two different method of extraction Viz., So xhlation and maceration using GC-MS technique. The analysis revealed that by Soxlation method, a total of 155 compounds were obtained with major constituents as Trichloromethane [2.39%], 2-Tridecenal(E) [2.18 %] and 1,2, benzene dicarboxylic acid, bis(2-methyl propyl)ester [2.37%] whereas maceration method yielded 112 compounds with major constituents as 2 -Tridecenal(E) [1.33 %],1-Hexadecanol[1.40%], 1,2, benzene dicarboxylic acid, bis(2-methyl propyl)ester [1.22%]. The analysis concludes that soxhlation method is better than maceration technique