COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS OF LEAVES AND FLOWER EXTRACTS OF PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS
Pranati Panda and Sunita Bhatnagar*
Abstract
Four solvent extracts namely hexane, chloroform, acetone and
methanol of leaf and flowers of Plumbago capensis were prepared and
compared for their cytotoxic activity using brine shrimp assay. Two
extracts chloroform and methanol extracts showed significant activity,
while hexane and acetone extracts failed to illicit any activity. Further
in the present study TLC based comparison of solvent extracts (leaf
and flowers) was conducted, a number of dissimilar bands were
observed in both the plant parts.
Keywords: Plumbago capensis, Plumbagin, TLC, Brine shrimp assay.
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