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Ancient Science of Life 2009 October ; 29 (2) :12-16
Preliminary phytochemical screening of some Indian Medicinal Plants

Abstract
Alkaloids, tannins, saponins, steroid, terpenoid, flavonoids, phenolic compounds and cardic glycoside distribution in five medicinal plants belonging to different families were assessed and compared. The medicinal plants investigated were Asteracantha longifolia, Psassiflora edulis, Berberis tinctoria, Sphaeranthus indicus and Solanum trilobatum. All the plants were found to contain Phenols,Cardiac glycosides,Steroids,Saponins and Tannin except for the absence of flavonoids and Terpenoids in A.longifolia and Alkaloids in, P. edulis, A.longifolia B. tinctoria and S. indicus respectively. The significance of the plants in traditional medicine and the importance of the distribution of these chemical constituents were discussed with respect to the role of these plants in ethnomedicine in India

DHARA ID: D000010 Pubmed ID: 22557345


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