PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA LINN ROXB. EXTRACT

ABSTRACT

Now-a-days natural products are an integral part of human health care system, because there is popular concern over toxicity and resistance of modern drugs. India is one of the 12 leading biodiversity centers with presence of over 45,000 different plant species. As a result of rapid development of phytochemistry and pharmacological testing methods in recent years, new plant drugs are finding their way into medicine as purified phytochemical. There are various simple and cheap methods available for finding out about the various medicinal uses medicinal plants contain many bioactive compounds that can be used in the process of curing various human diseases to identify these compounds one can perform the phytochemical screening of various parts of any specific plant. Phytochemicals is generally used to describe plant compounds that are under research with unestablished effects on health. Cryptostegia grandiflora Linn Roxb.  (Apocynaceae), commonly known as “Vilayti vakundi” is found all in dry area in India. The study includes preparation of different extracts by successive solvent extraction for detail analysis. Fluorescence analysis of different successive extract and powder were noted under UV light and normal ordinary light, which signifies there characteristics. Preliminary qualitative chemical test for different extracts showed presence of glycosides, flavonoids, fixed oil and fats, phenolic compounds, protein and amino acids, tannins, gum and mucilage and carbohydrates. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of methanol extracts of leaves of Cryptostegia grandiflora Linn Roxb showed the presence of cardiac and saponins glycosides, tannins, flavonoids, proteins.

KEYWORDS: Cryptostegia grandiflora Linn Roxb, qualitative analysis, methanolic extract, flavonoids.