QUALITATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN GARHWAL REGION
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Medicinal plants remain an important source to combat serious diseases all over the world. They are effective in treatment of various diseases while simultaneously reducing the side effects like drug resistance, allergy, headache etc. that are often associated with chemotherapeutics. Medicinal plants do not have such side effects. The potency of chemotherapy lies in the continuous search for new drugs to counter the challenge against resistant strains of pathogens. The main objective here is to evaluate the phytochemical constituents of medicinal plants which may help in designing new drugs for human ailments. Eight different plants have been collected from Garhwal region, (Uttarakhand,India) for the investigation of phytochemical constituents. The study revealed the presence of flavonoids, terpenoids, glycosides, tannins, saponins, phlobtannins in the plants leaves. Saponins are specific for having antifungal activity and they are found to be present in some plants sample. Similarly, flavonoids are used against anti-cancerous activity and terpenoids have antibacterial activity. The presence of different phytochemical constituents in the plants samples confirms their potential as medicinal plants.
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Neha Rajak , Arisha Mutahir , Sumit Rai
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