Abstract

ISOLATION OF FLAVONOIDS FROM BUTEA MONOSPERMA (LAMARCK) KUNTZE.

Divya Fageria*, Renu Kumari and D. V. Rao

Abstract

Plants has been reported as diverse reservoirs of secondary metabolites like tannins, flavonoids, sterols, alkaloids and triterpenes, etc., which has essential role in physiology, nutrition and treatment of many diseases. Flavonoids are major classes of phenolic compounds in angiosperms. The primary major function in this pattern is the screening of these phytochemicals in the plants. The chromatographic study of the compounds serves to be a very significant and dependable basis in the synthesis of natural products screening in plants. Butea monosperma is an significant medicinal flora having various therapeutic values like antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer agents. It is an vital arid zone flora normally consumed as herbal drugs for treatment in pain and inflammation, along with other metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity. Hence in the present study, focus is to identify the flavonoid in different samples of B. monosperma by TLC and PTLC. Further, the separation of the similar products were confirmed by IR, HPLC and GC- MS analysis.

Keywords: Butea monosperma; flavonoids; TLC; IR; GC-MS.