PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDROALCOHALIC EXTRACT OF THESPESIA POPULNEA LEAVES
Jitendra Jaiswal1*, Govind Nayak1, Priyanka Namdeo1, Mehta Parulben1, Amitbodh Upadhyaya2
1Lakshmi Narain College of Pharmacy, Bhopal M.P. India.
2 Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal M.P. India.
ABSTRACT
Thespesia populnea is a reputed ever green tree belonging to the family Malvaceae; commonly known as Indian tulip tree. The plant is distributed tropical regions and coastal forest in India. It is well known and all the parts are used in traditional system of medicine. The plant has been used as astringent, antibacterial, hepatoprotective, haemostatic, anti-diarroheal and anti-inflammatory. The scientific parameter is necessary to identify the exact plant material and to find its quality and purity. The present study deals with preliminary phytochemical screening of various successive extracts were carried out and the parameters were reported. These studies indicated the possible information for correct identification and standardization of this plant material The preliminary phytochemical studies for different extracts of Thespesia populnea show the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, carbohydrates, phytosterols, tannins, saponins, proteins and aminoacids, terpenes, phenols.
Keywords: Thespesia populnea, alkaloids, flavonoids , soxhalation, phytosterols, tannins.
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