Abstract

PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON ALOE VERA L. (IN VIVO & IN VITRO REGENERATED) WHOLE LEAF AND ONLY GEL EXTRACTS

Neelofar Khanam* and G. K. Sharma

Abstract

Present investigation was done to detect the preliminary phytochemical analysis of whole leaf and only gel from in vivo and in vitro regenerated Aloe vera L. after extraction with several solvents of different polarities (such as aqueous, methanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and n-hexane) along with the detection of percent yield of extracted material. Among all the samples extracted including whole leaf and only gel samples from in vivo grown Aloe vera L. along with whole leaf and inner gel samples from in vitro regenerated Aloe vera L. the aqueous extracts of all the samples were showing the highest percent yield in comparison to other extracts. The phytochemical screening of yielded extracts showed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, carbohydrates, steroids, phenols, tannins, amino acids, proteins, anthraquinones and glycosides.

Keywords: Aloe vera L., in vitro, in vivo, whole leaf, only gel, phytochemicals.