Abstract

DETERMINATION OF WATER, ETHER AND ALCOHOL SOLUBLE EXTRACTIVES OF SENNA TORA

Rahul Gaykhe*, Shazeen Khan and Vasant Kadam

Abstract

Senna tora Linn. is one of the wild herbs which is well known for its medicinal attributes. Various bioactive compounds present in stem, roots, seeds, leaves as well as its pods this particular plant. Sennatora Linn. has shown tremendous applications in both traditional and modern medical practices. It contains some of the useful bioactive compounds like anthraquinone glycosides, phenolic compounds, myricyl alcohol, steroids, flavonoids etc. The pharmacological profile reveals it to be for its good anti-oxidant activity, anti-microbial activity, antidiabetic activity, anti-inflammatory activity, immune stimulatory activities, hepatoprotective activity, antitumor activity, oxytocic activity, anthelmintic activity etc. The present study was carried out to determine extractive values leaves, stem and leaves of Senna tora. The range of water soluble extractive value in stem (52.66 to 54.66%) was found more followed by leaves (16.33 to 18.66%) and root (32.66 to 36.00%). The range of alcohol soluble extractive value in stem (26.33 to 28.33%) was found slightly more followed by leaves (26.00 to 27.66%) and root (25.00 to 27.33%). The range of ether soluble extractive value in stem (39.00 to 42.33%) was found more followed by leaves (29.66 to 31.00%) and root (28.66 to 32.33%).

Keywords: Senna tora, water, alcohol and ether soluble extractive values.