Abstract

AN OVERVIEW ON EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION OF FLAVONOIDS FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS

Teena Suresh*, Sai Mounika I, Sahana S, Haritha Sara Kuriakose, Gibu George Babu, Erumalla enkatanagaraju, Fr. Jobi Xavier

Abstract

Therapeutic plants gained attention in the current scenario due to their utilization in ethnomedicine for the treatment of a vast number of diseases. This review describes different strategies which have been employed for the isolation, extraction and purification of flavonoids obtained from different plant sources which includes Cedar deodar, Citrus reticulate, Zingiber officinalis, Smilax China, Apium graveolens, Reaumria vermiculata, Pink lady apples, Nelumbo nucifera, Canarium album, Mentha piperita, Dracocephalum sp, Opuntia milpa, Alpinia zerumbet, Potamogeton crispus, Zizphus jujube, Momordica charanti, Citrullus colocynthis, Hiptage bengalensis, peach and pumpkin, E.neriifolia, Launaea procumbens, Orthosiphon stamineus, Bedelia ferruginea, Salvia officinalis L. and Salvia glutinosa L, L. pyrotechnica, Psidium guajava, Warburgia salutaris, Rhoicissus tridentate, Oroxylum indicum and Terminalia sericea. W. salutaris,Carica papaya, Cotinus coggygria, A.bilimbi, Bauhinia forficate.

Keywords: Ethnomedicine, Flavonoids, Extraction, Purification, Identification.