Abstract

Plants contain various phytochemical constituents i.e. primary and secondary metabolites. Various secondary metabolites have proved their therapeutic activities due to their medicinal properties. So phytochemical screening of active principles present in medicinal plants is primary and valuable step of drug discovery. In present study 3 medicinal plants selected of different families were selected for screening of bioactive principles. Screening of 3 selected medicinal plants was performed to identify the presence of tannins, terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, and steroids etc using standard methods. All the selected medicinal plants were found to contain alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, tannins. Triterpenoids present in Sebestiania chaemelea but absent in Desmostachya bipinnata, Canthium dicoccum. Saponins present in Desmostachya bipinnata, Canthium dicoccum but absent in Sebestiania chaemelea. Whereas proteins, steroids were absent in all the selected three plants. It is evident from study that all the three medicinal plants have similar efficacy due to presence of similar phytochemical constituents present in all three medicinal plants.

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