Identification of Functional Groups and Phytochemical of Crude Extracts of Ocimum Sauve Roots Using Molecular Absorption Spectroscopic Techniques

Traditional medicines have been used in health maintenance, disease prevention and treatment in both developed and developing countries. From those the one is ocimum sauve. Ocimum sauve was used to treat a herps simplex traditionally in North shoa people, of Ethiopia. The main objective of the present study is to determine bioactive compounds of ocimum sauve and indicate its functional group by using Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy. The study area was North shoa district Oromia regional state of Ethiopia where thus plant specimens were collected. The root of ocimum sauve were dried in shaded region, ground into a powder and extracted with different solvents. The root crude extracts of ocimum sauve was tested for phytochemicals screening. The phytochemicals screening of the root extract of Ocimum sauve indicates that the presence of bioactive compound such as alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, phenols, steroids, glycosides, terpenoids and tannins compounds and some functional groups are present like alcohol, alkane, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic compounds functional groups. This plant is used in North shoa society, Oromia regional state of Ethiopia to treat herpes simplex. The result of this work supplements the traditional knowledge of the people for the traditional medicinal uses of this plant. Further research is recommended to isolate and identify pure compounds of different parts of this plant.