Balasubramanian S. et al. / Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry. 2(2), 2014, 71 - 75. Available online: www.uptodateresearchpublication.com April - June 71 Research Article CODEN: AJPAD7 ISSN: 2321-0923 GC-MS ANALYSIS OF PHYTOCOMPONENTS IN THE METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF OCIMUM SANCTUM (TULSI) S. Balasubramanian* 1 , D. Ganesh 2 , P. Shridhar Reddy 1 , V. V. S. Surya Narayana 3 *1 Department of Life Sciences, Reva University, Bangalore, India. 2 Department of Applied Genetics Indian Academy Centre for Research & Post Graduate Studies, Bangalore, India. 3 Department of Molecular Virology, IVRI, Bangalore, India. INTRODUCTION Plants are of the important sources of medicine & a large numbers of drugs in use are derived from plants. The therapeutic uses of plant are safe, economical & effective as their ease of availability 1 . Among the plants known for medicinal values, plants of genus Ocimum belonging to family Lamiaceae are very important for their therapeutic potentials. Ocimum sanctum has two varieties i.e. black (Krishna Tulsi) and green (Rama Tulsi), their chemical constituents are similar 2 . Ocimum sanctum is widely distributed covering the entire Indian sub continent, ascending up to 1800 m in the Himalayas, ABSTRACT Ocimum sanctum, is locally called as “Tulsi” belongs to the family Lamiaceae. The present study was carried out to identify the phytocomponents present in the methanolic extract of the leaves of Ocimum sanctum by GC-MS analysis. From the GC-MS results three compounds were identified as major constituents, they are Benzene, 1, 2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-, Isocaryophyllene and Eugenol. KEYWORDS Ocimumsanctum, Leaves, Lamiaceae, Methanolic, GC-MS and Phytocomponents. Author for correspondence: S. Balasubramanian, Department of Life Sciences, Reva University, Bangalore, India. Email: balasreva@gmail.com. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry Journal home page: www.ajpamc.com