Evaluation of the Vitamin Content and Phytochemical Analysis of Plant Species from Northern India
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment (IJRCE) - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Plants are a large source of new bioactive molecules with therapeutic potentiality. Only a small percentage of living plants on earth have been phytochemically investigated. Plants are thus an enormous reservoir of pharmaceutically valuable molecules to be discovered. Exploring unknown plants for the presence of bio-active principles through systematic phytochemical analysis will be an extensive research. Attempts have been made to study the presence of phytochemicals and vitamin content from selected plant species from northern India. Results obtained revealed that the n – Hexane solvent extract was better in yielding more phytochemicals from Butea monosperma which shows the presence of eight phytochemicals among the nine tested. However Chloroform extract also yields maximum of seven phytocompounds in Butea monosperma, whereas the Acetonic solvent extract showed maximum of six phytocompounds in Pongamia glabra, however the presence of maximum five phytocompounds in Aqueous extract of Pongamia glabra. The biochemical analysis shows that Butea monosperma shows the presence of maximum 0.063 ±0.007 mg/g of Ascorbic acid, 0.061 ±0.005 mg/g of Niacin and 0.037 ±0.003 mg/g of Riboflavin by Pongamia glabra. It is concluded that plant has traditional usage in various systems of alternate medicines, which is attributed to the presence of these phytocompounds.
Authors and Affiliations
Pandith I. , Singh G.
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