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Abstract
Medicinal plants are used from ancient time due to presence ample amount of secondary metabolites however its utility in agriculture recently increased for managing insect and pest in may region of world. The present investigation carried out at School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University to determine functional group using FT-IR spectra analysis. The FT-IR spectrum showed the presence of ester, amide, alcohol, alkane, nitril, aromatics and amine groups based on absorption peak in crud powder of Calotropis gigantean, Datura stramonium, Eucalyptus globules, Azadirachta indica, Ricinus communis and Mentha sp. Hence, the present study revealed that the photochemical compounds present in the plants responsible for the insecticidal activity. Further, characterization needs to be investigated in future