A phytochemical study has been conducted using infrared spectroscopy to distinguish different chemical moieties present in leaves of Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jack fruit) and Litchi chinensis (Litchi). Both of these trees are widely known in the world and have various pharmacological activities. However, both leaf extracts were analyzed using FTIR and interpreted from the obtained spectrum. Both leaves are supposed to have -OH, -NH 2 groups as they give a wide peak in higher region wavelength

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... 400-3200cm 1 ). Meta-substituted aromatic ring and imides may be present in litchi leaf extract as peaks were found in 850-700 cm -1 and near 1700cm -1 respectively, but not in jackfruit leaf. While phenol group is present in the spectrum of jackfruit leaf extract only. Asymmetric methyl group is present in both leaf extract as gives absorption in the 2957-2851cm -1 region. Citation : Saifuddin AHM, Mahbub RMD, Akter SM, Fardous J (2017) Infrared Spectroscopy Study of the Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Artocarpus heterophyllus and Litchi chinensis. MOJ App Bio Biomech 1(5): 00029. Citation: Saifuddin AHM, Mahbub RMD, Akter SM, Fardous J (2017) Infrared Spectroscopy Study of the Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Artocarpus heterophyllus and Litchi chinensis. MOJ App Bio Biomech 1(5): 00029.