Abstract

FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF THE LEAVES OF PUNICA GRANATUM L

Chiranjeev Roy and Meenakshi Sudhir Vaidya*

Abstract

Traditional medicine using herbal drugs exists in every part of the world. Although the philosophies of these traditional medicines have resemblance with each other, they differ widely from modern Western medicine. Higher plants have been extensively investigated for understanding the biological activities of their parts used or active principles potentially useful in therapeutic applications. Traditional use of herbs in curing many diseases is being recorded through ethnobotanical approaches and the evaluation of their biological activity is done through experimental practices. Fluorescence analysis is an important parameter in the study of crude drugs. In the present study the fluorescence analysis of the leaves of Punica granatum L. was carried out. The leaves are of medicinal importance. The results show that there is presence of bioactive constituents in the leaf extract suggesting that it has a potential use as medicine.

Keywords: Fluorescence analysis, Punica, medicinal, bioactive constituents.