PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING FOR SECONDARY METABOLITES IN AN ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT GLORIOSA SUPERBA L.
Keywords:
Endangered medicinal plant, Gloriosa superb L., secondary metabolites, Phytochemicals.Abstract
Gloriosa superba L. has been a source of medicine right from ancient time. Medicinal plants have bioactive compounds which are used for curing of various human diseases and also play an important role in healing. Screening of phytochemical constituents using different organic solvents (low polar to high polar) in the leaves were studied. The leaves of the selected medicinal plants were washed, air dried and then powdered. The aqueous extract of leaf samples were used for the phytochemical analysis to find out the phytochemical constituents.The main objective was to check the presence or absence of the phytochemical constituents in the leaves of the selected medicinal plant. The results of the phytochemical analysis showed that the alkaloids, saponin, tannins and terpenoids were highly present in various solvent extracts of Gloriosa superba L. Among these extracts ethanol and acetone extract showed high level of phytochemical properties. Indiscriminate removal, difficulty in vegetative propagation and poor germination accounts for the depletion of useful plant species. Plant tissue culture techniques are used as an alternative method for the production of specific metabolites and also for the propagation of plant species at a large scale. In the present study preliminary screening for the presence of secondary metabolites was studied in order to understand the levels of phytochemicals, so that in vitro production of secondary metabolites using cell cultures will be initiated in future studies.
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