Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA R.BR THROUGH LC-MS

Ashish Dixit*, Dr. A.K. Jain, Dr. Mukul Tailang, 

Abstract

Medicinal plants are still important source for drug discovery. Herbal medicines have gained importance in recent years because of their efficacy and cost effectiveness. The objective of the present study is to investigate the phytochemical present in the Wrightia tinctoria. The phytochemical analysis was done by preliminary phytochemical test for secondary metabolites and LC-MS for non volatile constituents. The phytochemical test confirms the presents of alkaloids, flavanoids, terpenoids, tannins etc. the LC-MS analysis shows the presence of compounds in which most of them have the medicinal value. The present study on Wrightia tinctoria reveals the presence of various phytochemical constituents like β- amyrin, lupeol, archidoic acid, sitosterol, Uricosuric acid, indirubin and tryptanthrin. Wrightia tinctoria may be a potential source for antibacterial, anticancer, antiulcer, antiinflammatory and larvicidal drug discovery.

Keywords: Wrightia tinctoria, Pharmacognostical analysis, Phytochemical analysis, LCMS.