PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF PHYTOCHEMICAL AND MINERAL CONTENT OF CHLOROFORM AND METHANOL EXTRACTS OF STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA L AND OPHIORRHIZA RUGOSA WALL

Authors

  • BHAVYA D. K P.G.Department of Biochemistry, St.Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore-575003 India.
  • KRISHNAMOORTHY M Yenepoya Research Centre,Yenepoya University,Mangalore-575018,India.

Keywords:

Phytochemical, Mineral, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, Ophiorrhiza rugosa Wall, Strychnous nux vomica L.

Abstract

Medicinal plants are the nature gifts to human to lead disease free healthy life. The examination of plants for bioactive secondary metabolites is an area which most scientist have recently focused.  Strychnous nux vomica L(SNV)  and Ophiorrhiza rugosa  Wall(OR) are endangered plants of the family Loganiaceae  and Rubiaceae  respectively .In the present study they were  analyzed for their phytochemical constituents  and minerals. The study revealed the presence of alkaloids, phenols, flavonoids by qualitative analysis. The total phenolic content was 0.143mg and 0.3297mg/mg respectively in the methanol extract of S.nux vomica and chloroform extract of O.rugosa. Mineral analysis showed the presence of Fe, Na, Mg, Mn, Zn and Cu in both the plants and Cd and Pb are absent in both the plants.  

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30.06.2014

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BHAVYA D. K, & KRISHNAMOORTHY M. (2014). PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF PHYTOCHEMICAL AND MINERAL CONTENT OF CHLOROFORM AND METHANOL EXTRACTS OF STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA L AND OPHIORRHIZA RUGOSA WALL. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 5(2), 390–395. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/3485

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Volume 5, Issue 2, 2014

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