PHARMACOGNOSTICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY ON FLOWERS OF JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM LINN. (OLEACEAE)
Journal Title: International Journal of Pharmacognosy - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 10
Abstract
Jasminum grandiflorum Linn. is a scrambling deciduous shrub. Its leaves are used as an Ayurvedic herbal medicine and its flowers are used to adorn the coiffure of women. The plant is bitter, astringent, acrid, thermogenic, aphrodisiac, antiseptic, anodyne, depurative, emmenagogue, emollient, diuretic, anthelmintic, deobstruant, dentifrice, suppurative tonic. Since the literature has restricted Jasminum grandiflorum Linn. with agricultural and botanical limits, efforts were undertaken to unmask the extremely useful yet hidden therapeutic potential of the plant. Pharmacognostical and Phytochemical analysis revealed the major presence of Flavonoids, Carbohydrates, Alkaloids, Glycosides and few other constituents. Pharmacological study of four extracts (n-Hexane, Chloroform, Ethyl Acetate and Ethanolic extracts) on the flowers of Jasminum grandiflorum Linn. was prepared and screened for its Anthelmintic Activity using Indian Adult Earthworms (Pheretima posthuma). Ethanolic extract was found to be more potent and effective out of the four extracts.
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R. Radha et al.
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