Studies on Phytochemistry of 100 Plants in Chennai, India.
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2013-07
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Aims: Knowledge on the plant phytochemistry provides a fundamental use of plants as a
reservoir of chemical agents. Hence, the study on the presence of Phytochemicals in the
aqueous extract of 100 different plant species belonging to 44 families collected from
Chennai, India was detected.
Place and Duration: Plants distributed in the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu state in India
were studied. The study was conducted during the period of November 2012 to January
2013.
Methods: Leaves of around 100 plant species belonging to different habit like trees,
shrubs, herbs and creepers or climbers from Chennai and its surround districts of India
were collected. The aqueous extract of air dried, pulverized leaf samples of collected
plants were examined for the presence of Tannins, Phlobatannins, Saponins, Flavonoids, Terpenoids, Cardiac glycosides and Steroids using the standard techniques proposed by
Evans (1996). The presence of individual secondary metabolites was calculated in
percentage and their prevalence in different plant habit was studied.
Results: Around 29%, 20%, 23%, 48%, 22%, 30% and 44% of plants showed the
presence of Tannins, Phlobatannins, Saponins, Flavonoids, Terpenoids, Cardiac
glycosides and Steroids in that order. Further, the presence of secondary metabolites
according to the plant habit like, tree, shrub, herb and creeper or climber was detected.
Conclusion: It was evident that the presence of Tannin, Phlobatannin, Flavonoids and
Cardiac glycosides are found prevalent in trees, Steroids in herbs and Terpenoids in
shrubs. However, further study on this aspect is recommended.
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Phytochemistry, flavonoids, terpenoids, tannins, steroids, plant habit
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N K Udaya Prakash, Bhuvaneswari S, Balamurugan A, Radhika B, Bhagya R, Sripriya N, Prameela L, Sarojini S, Vigneshwari R, Chandran M, Arokiyaraj S. Studies on Phytochemistry of 100 Plants in Chennai, India. British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2013 Jul-Sep; 3(3): 407-419.