Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND BIO EVALUATION OF TERMINALIA RACEMOSA BARK

Monalisa Pattnaik and Sunita Bhatnagar*

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Abstract

Terminalia racemosa is a member of medicinally important family Combretaceae. Five Solvent extracts of bark of the tree were explored for their phytochemical, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities. These extracts were hexane, chloroform, DCM, acetone and methanol extract. Bark extract of the tree were rich in secondary metabolites like flavonoids, anthraquinone, tannin, terpenoid and steroids. Hexane, chloroform and DCM extracts showed significant cytotoxic activity against brine shrimp assay ranging from 77% to 100% at a higher dose of 200microgram/ml. All the extracts possessed high level of antioxidant activity suggesting the tree medicinally at par with its popular members like Termialia arjuna and Terminalia bellerica.

Keywords: Terminalia racemosa, Combretceae, Phytochemical Cytotoxic activity, Antioxidant activity.