Abstract

PRELIMININARY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF LEAF AND SEED EXTRACTS OF CROTON TIGHLIUM

*Parbin Iraqui¹and R.N.S Yadav²

¹Department of Life Sciences, ²Centre For Studies in Biotechnology, India.

Abstract

North Eastern region of India has been known for its rich biological diversity. Hence numerous medicinally important plants are available here. These medicinal plants have been used by its people for a long time. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of Phytochemicals and to determine total phenolic, alkaloid and flavonoid contents of the plant. Solvent used were water, methanol, ethanol, chloroform, ethyl acetate , petroleum ether. Total phenolic content of the aqueous extract of the plant was determined by Folin-ciocalteus reagent method and total flavonoid content was determined by Aluminium chloride method. Protein, carbohydrate, phenol, tannin, flavonoid, saponins were detected in the leaf and seed extract of the plant. From the present study it is concluded that aqueous and organic extracts of this plant contain medicinally important bioactive compounds and it justifies their use in the traditional medicines for the treatment of different diseases.

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