Phytochemical evaluation of leaf extracts of Naringi crenulata (roxb.) Nicolson

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 5110
Author(s):  
Sartaj Ahmad Allayie ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmed Parray* ◽  
Bilal Ahmad Bhat ◽  
S. Hemalatha

The use of traditional medicines holds a great promise as an easily available source as effective medicinal agents to cure a wide range of ailments among the people particularly in tropical developing countries like India. The present study investigates the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the major bioactive constituents of N. crenulata leaf extracts. The extractive values of aqueous, acetone and chloroform extracts were found to be 11.34, 4.24 and 6.06 respectively. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of these three solvent extracts confirm the presence of Alkaloids, Saponins, Flavonoids and Phenolic compounds in all the three extracts; however, these phytochemicals were more significant in aqueous extract. Quantitative analysis was carried out using TLC method by different solvent system. Amongst various solvent systems, Butanol: acetic acid: water (9: 0.9: 0.1 v/v/v) shows maximum resolution and number of spots produced at long UV (365 nm) and under iodine vapours. The TLC chromatograms constituted different coloured phytochemical compounds with different Rf values. It can be conveniently used to evaluate the quality of different area samples. This indicates that the leaves can be useful for treating different diseases because the therapeutic activity of a plant is due to the presence of particular class of compounds and thus can serve as potential sources of useful drugs in future.

Author(s):  
Khan N. I ◽  
Hatapakki B. C.

<strong>Objective</strong><br /> The aim of the present study is to investigate the pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of the<em> Mimosa hamata </em>(Willd.) is a flowering shrub of Mimosaceae family which is used in various traditional medicines to cure various diseases. <em>Mimosa hamata (</em>Willd.) and <em>Mimosa pudica </em>are also known as Touch-me-not plant. A wide range of chemical compounds including 4-ethyl-gallic acid; triterpinicsaponin A, B; ethylgallate; mimonoside A, B, C; etc have been isolated from this plant. <br /><strong>Methods</strong><br /> Morphological and microscopic characters, powder analysis, and extractive values of ethanolic extract of stem of <em>Mimosa hamata </em>and qualitative estimation of phytochemicals were determined. The pharmacognostical parameters such as total ash value, acid insoluble ash value and water soluble ash value, alcohol soluble extractive and water soluble extractive were also determined. <br /><strong>Results</strong><br /> The results of pharmacognostic analysis of stem of <em>Mimosa hamata</em> (Willd) have revealed the total ash 8.5 % , water soluble ash 0.5 %, water insoluble ash 1.5%, Moisture content 2.5 %, alcohol soluble extractive value 14.29 % and water soluble extractive value 9.75%. The preliminary phytochemical analysis of stem of showed the presence of flavonoids, carbohydrates, tannins etc.<br /><strong>Conclusions<br /></strong>It signifies that results revealed the presence of various bioactive constituents which could be exploited for their biopotential for medicinal purposes.


Author(s):  
Chandrasekaran Swaminathan

Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the phytochemical composition and antibacterial and antioxidant potential of methanolic leaf and root extracts of Indigofera tinctoria L.Methods: Phytochemical analysis was done using standard methods. The methanolic leaf and root extracts of the plant were tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Salmonella paratyphi B by cup-plate agar diffusion method. The free radical scavenging activities of the methanol extracts of leaves and roots were evaluated by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay.Results: Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of carbohydrates, reducing sugars, alkaloids, saponins, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids in methanolic leaf and root extracts. Methanolic leaf extracts of the plant exhibited antibacterial activity against a wide range of bacteria, but the root extracts failed to inhibit the tested bacterial pathogens. The antioxidant activity determination revealed that at 100 μg/ml, methanolic root extracts had the highest antioxidant activity (89.10%) on DPPH free radicals followed by methanolic leaf extracts (46.74%).Conclusion: The results of the present study conclude that the studied plant possesses broad-spectrum antibacterial and antioxidant properties and may act as a potent antioxidant for biological systems susceptible to free radical-mediated reactions. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 725-729
Author(s):  
Antu Kurrey ◽  
Lata Sharma ◽  
Shishir Tiwari

Plants are one of the large sources of herbal medicines. Many plants have the capability to produce some bioactive constituents which give defense against microorganisms like bacteria and fungi and also from insects. Xanthium strumarium L. is a wild plant that grows like a weed. Leaves of  Xanthium strumarium L. were subjected for extraction in 4 different solvents viz. methanol, chloroform, aqueous, and ethanol. The aim of this study was to investigate the phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of methanol, chloroform, aqueous, and ethanol extracts prepared from leaves of  Xanthium strumarium L. The antibacterial activity was assessed by using the agar well diffusion assay against tested bacterial strain, Escherichia coli (CGSC 4312) and Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 9634). Phytochemical analysis has revealed that  Xanthium strumarium L. has most of the significant phytoconstituents like Saponins, Terpenoids, Flavanoids, Phenol, steroids, Anthraquinones, Tannins,  Alkaloids,  Glycosides, and Carbohydrate. The zone of inhibition was measured and compared by standard antibiotic streptomycin. The outcome of the present work showed that chloroform extract (400µg/ml) showed maximum inhibition against E. Coli (23mm), and Ethanol extract(400µg/ml) showed maximum inhibition against Bacillus subtilis (24mm). The result divulged the presence of antibacterial activity of different extracts of Xanthium strumarium L.against human pathogenic bacteria. Thus, this plant has many active compounds that can be used for the development of various potent drugs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Manivannan S ◽  
Bhuvaneswari S

Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of nails caused by dermatophytes, yeasts of nondermatophyte molds. Far more than being a simple cosmetic problem, infected nail serves as a chronic reservoir, which can give rise to repeated mycotic infections and represents about 30% of mycotic cutaneous infections. Theprevalence rate of onychomycosis is determined by age, predisposing factor, social class, occupation, climate,living environment. To evaluation of Anti-fungal potential of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Blume (Lauraceae) Barks Extract for Onychomycosis. The C. Zeylanicum barks crude extracts were obtained by soxhlet-solidliquid extraction using ethanol and aqueous. The dermatophytes namely, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Trichophyton simii, Epidermophyton floccosum and Candida albicans were recovered from rice farmers in Orathanadu, Thanjavur (Dt), Tamil Nadu. The antifungal activity, minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimum fungicidal concentrations against the onychomycosis of C. zeylanicum was determined by the disc diffusion methods in sabouraud dextrose agar using ketoconazole (2mg/disc) as a positive control. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of wide range of bioactive constituents like flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, saponins, terpenes and steroids. The ethanol barks extract inhibited all test organisms at the minimum concentration of 25 mg/ml while fungicidal actions were observed at a concentration of 50 mg/ml for T. rubrum, 180 mg/ml for T. mentagrophytes, 160 mg/ml for T. simii, 120 mg/ml for E. floccosum and 60 mg/ml for C. albicans. The ability of the extracts to inhibit the growth of fungi likes dermatophytes and yeast is an indication of the antifungal potential of C. zylanicum, which makes the candidate for production of antifungal agents.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Archana Giri ◽  
S.S.Sravanthi Pammi ◽  
Padmavathi TVS

<p><strong> </strong><em>Phyllanthus amarus</em> belonging to family Euphorbiaceae is an important medicinal plant from ancient times which is used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. It is a small annual herb mostly found in Central and Southern India .All parts of this plant have medicinal value and are used in traditional medicines for curing various diseases such as jaundice, hepatitis B, C, microbial infections, viral diseases, tumors and kidney stones etc. Keeping in view its immense medicinal potential, phytochemical analysis was carried out using different solvents such as ethyl acetate, dimethyl formamide, chloroform, dichloromethane and n-Hexane. All the plant parts <em>viz.</em> root, stem and leaf were separately analyzed for the detection of phenols and flavonoids, of which leaf exhibited highest concentration compared to root and stem. Maximum percentage of phenols and flavonoids could be detected with dimethyl formamide in comparison to other solvents that were used in the study.<em> </em>Dimethyl formamide leaf extract displayed highest phenolic content<em> </em>of 40.75mg/g and highest flavonoid<em> </em>content<em> of</em> 51.5mg/g.</p>


Separations ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Ahmed I. Foudah ◽  
Faiyaz Shakeel ◽  
Mohammad H. Alqarni ◽  
Hasan. S. Yusufoglu ◽  
Mohammad A. Salkini ◽  
...  

Due to the lack of ecofriendly/green reversed-phase high-performance thin-layer chromatography (RP-HPTLC) methods for trans-anethole (TAL) and its simplicity over routine analytical techniques, there was a necessity to establish a suitable HPTLC methodology for the quantitative analysis of TAL. Therefore, the first objective of this research was to develop an accurate, rapid and green RP-HPTLC densitometry methodology for the quantitative analysis of TAL in essential oil, traditional and ultrasound-assisted extracts of Foeniculum vulgare Mill and commercial formulations. The second objective was to compare the traditional method of extraction of TAL with its ultrasound-assisted method of extraction. The chromatogram of TAL from essential oil and traditional and ultrasound-assisted extracts of fennel and commercial formulations was verified by recoding its single spectra at Rf = 0.31 ± 0.01 in comparison to standard TAL. The proposed analytical methodology has been found to be superior in terms of linearity, accuracy and precision compared to most of the reported analytical methods for TAL analysis. The amount of TAL in the essential oil of fennel was recorded as 8.82 mg per g of oil. The content of TAL in traditional extracts of fennel, formulation 1 (dietary supplement 1) and formulation 2 (dietary supplement 2), was recorded as 6.44, 4.88 and 4.48 mg per g, respectively. The amount of TAL in ultrasound-assisted extracts of fennel, formulation 1 and formulation 2, was recorded as 8.34, 6.46 and 5.81 mg per g, respectively. The ultrasound method of extraction of TAL was found to be better than the traditional method of extraction. The results of validation studies and phytochemical analysis showed that the proposed methodology could be efficiently utilized for the quantification of TAL in the wide range of products having TAL as a component.


Author(s):  
B. K. Sushma ◽  
K. S. Ashalatha ◽  
Preetam Ray ◽  
H. R. Raveesha

The present study was aimed to investigate the histochemical and phytochemical studies of four important medicinal plants. Leaf, stem and root sections were examined for alkaloid, protein and phenolic tests. Methanolic extracts of leaf, stem and root were analysed for the phytochemical screening of major bioactive constituents. Histochemical analysis reveals the presence of alkaloids, phenols and proteins in epidermis, cortex and vascular bundles of root, stem and leaf. Preliminary phytochemical analysis showed the presence of alkaloids, tannins, phenols, flavonoids, steroids, saponins, terpenoids, coumarins, quinone and proteins. The root extract of Catharanthus roseus recorded maximum content of phenols compared to other extracts. Costus pictus root and leaf extracts exhibited a significant amount of flavonoids and tannins respectively. Further studies were focused on isolation and characterization of each plant compounds.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
A. Idi ◽  
I.U. Muhammad

Plants are recognized in the pharmaceutical industry for their broad structural diversity as well as their wide range of pharmacological activities, which is due to their biologically active compounds known as phytochemicals. The present study reports the extraction, thin layer chromatography and screening of phytochemical constituent of Hyptis spicigera leaves. The thin layer chromatography of the leave extract shows 11 bands with Rf values of 0.03, 0.06, 0.09, 0.12, 0.17, 0.19, 0.20, 0.23 and 0.31 respectively. Qualitative phytochemical screening showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, emodins, and cardiac glycoside while phenols, tannins, terpenoids, tri terpenoids and anthraquinones were absent. The presences of these phytochemicals showed that Hyptis spicigera leaves may be useful for medicinal purpose.


Author(s):  
Mrinalini C Damle ◽  
Shivani K Jadhav

Objective: The study was carried out to evaluate the preliminary phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of ethanolic extract of Spinacia oleracea (SO).Methods: The leaves of SO were shade dried, and the extract was prepared using solvent ethanol by Soxhlet extraction method. The preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out on the leaf extract of the plant. The total phenolic content and total flavonoids were estimated using Folin- Ciocalteu’s and aluminum chloride reagents, respectively. Antioxidant activities were studied using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, nitric oxide, hydrogen radical, lipid peroxidation, and phosphomolybdenum radical scavenging assays.Results: The preliminary phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of bioactive constituents such as phenols, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and glycosides. As SO is a rich source of different bioactive component, it contains a considerable amount of flavonoids and phenols. The different antioxidant assays proved that spinach is one of the best antioxidants with its ability to scavenge different radicals that generate oxidative stress.Conclusion: The observed activity may be associated with bioactive components such as phenols and flavonoids present in the leaf extracts and could have greater importance as nootropic plant in oxidative stress-related degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer and dementia.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Moudi Ayuty Viony Padanun ◽  
Tri Minarsih

Herbal medicine for rheumatic pain is one of the traditional medicinal products that are massively demanded by the public because it has many benefits. Medicinal Chemicals (MC) are often added to herbal medicine for rheumatic pain to strengthen their properties, one of which is Diclofenac Sodium. Based on the Decree of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia No. 246 of 2010, traditional medicines are prohibited from containing Medicinal Chemicals (MC). This study aims to analyze the content of Diclofenac Sodium Medicinal Chemicals (MC) in the herbal medicine for rheumatic pain which is sold in Semarang Regency. This type of research was conducted using a laboratory experimental method which descriptively describes the results of the study based on the data obtained. The research method consisted of organoleptic test, qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis of the samples of herbal medicine for aches and pains. Organoleptic test was carried out by tasting the taste, smelling the smell, seeing the color and feeling the dosage form of the Jamu Pegal Linu sample. Qualitative analysis was performed by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and quantitative analysis was performed by UV-Vis Spectrophotometry with 3 samples considered positive. Samples B, D, and E which is sold in Semarang Regency were positive for Diclofenac Sodium based on the Rf values ​​obtained from the samples, namely 0.28, 0.3, and 0.3, which were almost the same as the standard Rf for Sodium Diclofenac, which was 0.26. The stationary phase used a Silica Gel 254 and the mobile phase used Ethyl Acetate and N-Hexane in a ratio of 25: 25. In quantitative analysis, a wavelength of 275 nm was obtained with a linear equation y = 0.0245x + 0.0989 and a value of r = 0.9994 with a concentration of obtained in samples B, D, E were 39.27%, 2.67% and 4.9%, respectively. ABSTRAK Jamu Pegal Linu merupakan salah satu produk obat tradisional yang banyak diminati oleh masyarakat karena memiliki banyak manfaat. Bahan Kimia Obat (BKO) sering ditambahkan pada Jamu Pegal Linu untuk menambah khasiatnya, salah satunya adalah Natrium Diklofenak. Berdasarkan Permenkes RI No. 246 tahun 2010, obat tradisional dilarang mengandung BKO. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kandungan Natrium Diklofenak pada sediaan Jamu Pegal Linu yang dijual di Kabupaten Semarang. Jenis penelitian dilakukan menggunakan metode eksperimental laboratorium. Metode penelitian terdiri dari uji organoleptis, analisis kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Uji organoleptis dilakukan dengan dengan cara mengamati warna, bau, rasa dan bentuk sampel. Analisis kualitatif dilakukan dengan Kromatografi Lapis Tipis (KLT) dan analisis kuantitatif dilakukan dengan Spektrofotometri UV-Vis. Sampel B, D, dan E yang dijual di Kabupaten Semarang positif mengandung Natrium Diklofenak berdasarkan nilai Rf yang didapatkan dari sampel berturut-turut yaitu 0.28, 0.3, dan 0.3 mendekati nilai Rf baku Natrium Diklfenak yaitu 0.26. Fase diam menggunakan Silica Gel 254 dan fase gerak menggunakan Etil Asetat dan N-Heksan dengan perbandingan 25 : 25. Pada analisis kuantitatif diperoleh panjang gelombang 275 nm dengan persamaan garis linier y = 0,0245x + 0,0989 dan nilai r = 0.9994 dengan kadar pada sampel B, D, E berturut-turut adalah 39.27%, 2.67% dan 4.9%.


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