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- Title
TO SCREEN SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS OF DISTRICT SIRMAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH FOR THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT PHYTOCHEMICALS IN THEM.
- Authors
Prakash, Ved; Sagar, Anand; Jhamta, Rinku; Kaundal, Preeti; Rana, Shelly; Kumari, Kalpna; Rana, Jagriti
- Abstract
The knowledge of the bioactive chemical constituents of medicinal plants is desirable to understand herbal drugs and their preparations. Additionally, the knowledge of the chemical constituents of plants would be valuable in discovering the actual value of folkloric remedies. In the present study, preliminary qualitative phytochemical screening of the different extracts (acetone, methanol and aqueous) of six medicinal plants (Achyranthes aspera, Prunus persica, Rhododendron arboreum, R. campanulatum, Taxus baccata and Vitex negundo) of District Sirmaur (identified on the basis of their antibacterial and antioxidant properties) was done to assess the presence of bioactive components present in them. It could be summarised that phenols and flavonoids were present in all the extracts of tested plants. Tannins were also reported in all the extracts of plants except aqueous extract of A. aspera. Saponins were absent in the leaves of A. aspera and P. persica. Alkaloids were absent only in the leaves of V. negundo. Terpenoids were reported only in the methanol leaf extract of A. aspera, P. persica, R. arboreum, R. campanulatum and V. negundo. Thus, the plants described here can be seen as a potential source of new useful drugs. The phytochemical characterization of their extracts, the identification and isolation of responsible bioactive components and quality standards are necessary for future studies.
- Subjects
MEDICINAL plants; PHYTOCHEMICALS; SAPONINS; TERPENES; PLANT extracts
- Publication
Plant Archives (09725210), 2019, Vol 19, Issue 2, p2321
- ISSN
0972-5210
- Publication type
Article